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Meaning of 'vegetate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vegetate [ v. i.]
- To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
- Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
- To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.

Meaning of 'vegetate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vegetate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- engage in passive relaxation
Example in sentence:
  • After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television
Meaning (2):
- propagate asexually
Example in sentence:
  • The bacterial growth vegetated along
Meaning (3):
- produce vegetation
Example in sentence:
  • The fields vegetate vigorously
Meaning (4):
- establish vegetation on
Example in sentence:
  • They vegetated the hills behind their house
Meaning (5):
- grow like a plant
Example in sentence:
  • This fungus usually vegetates vigorously
Meaning (6):
- grow or spread abnormally
Example in sentence:
  • warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed

Nearby Words:

vega vegetability vegetable vegetal vegetality vegetarian vegetarianism vegetated vegetating vegetation

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