VEGETATE
\vˈɛd͡ʒɪtˌe͡ɪt], \vˈɛdʒɪtˌeɪt], \v_ˈɛ_dʒ_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of VEGETATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"
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grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"
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produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"
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establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"
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grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"
By Princeton University
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propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"
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grow or spread abnormally, as of a wart or polyp
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grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"
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produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"
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establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
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Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
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To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.
By Oddity Software
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To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
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Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
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To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.
By Noah Webster.
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To grow with no more effort than a plant; to live a lazy, useless life; to allow mind and body to become feeble through lack of use.
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Vegetated.
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Vegetating.
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Vegetative.
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Vegetatively.
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Vegetativeness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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