| vegetate | 1. To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate. "See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again." (Pope) 2. To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow. "Persons who . . . Would have vegetated stupidly in the places where fortune had fixed them." (Jeffrey) 3. <medicine> To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule. Origin: L. Vegetatus, p. P. Of vegetare to enliven. See Vegetable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house" produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously" grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously" grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed" propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along" vege out: engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television"
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| vegetate | engage in passive relaxation |
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| vegetate | propagate asexually |
| vegetate | grow or spread abnormally, as of a wart or polyp |
| vegetate | grow like a plant |
| vegetate | produce vegetation |
| vegetate | establish vegetation on |
| vegetate | lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind |
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