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   vegetate

   /ˈvɛdʒɪteɪt/

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   • 1. live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way: "if she left him alone, he'd sit in front of the television and vegetate"
   • 2. (of a plant or seed) grow; sprout: dated "he advised that seeds be sent in a vegetating condition"
   • ▪ cause plants to grow in or cover (a place): "the final task was to vegetate the area used to store the muck dredged from the pond"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin vegetat- ‘enlivened’, from the verb vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’.

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   What does vegetate mean?

   • vegetar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! VEGETATE definition: 1. to live in a way that has no physical and mental activity: 2. to live in a way that has no…. Learn more.

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   What does Veg mean?

   • , veg·e·tat·ed, veg·e·tat·ing. to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant. to lie on the beach and vegetate. Pathology. to grow, or increase by growth, as an excrescence. Inevitably some students will just text, chat, or blissfully vegetate if given more leisure. “Rather than vegetate upon her small pittance,” returned the doctor briskly.

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   What does Vegetus mean?

   • Send us feedback about these examples. borrowed from Late Latin vegetātus, past participle of vegetāre "to live, grow," going back to Latin, "to impart energy to, invigorate," verbal derivative of vegetus "vigorous, active, lively," probably, if from *vegitus, verbal adjective of vegēre "to give vigor to, enliven" — more at wake entry 1

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   Why do we vegetate in our own homes?

   • All just vegetate and seem lost to the world. Television has given us the perfect excuse to vegetate in our own homes without speaking. The refugees are condemned to vegetate in poverty, usually without employment, while their children grow up illiterate. She invented pollen so that the bare land could be vegetated for the animals to live upon.

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   Vegetate means to live in a way that has no physical and mental activity, or to spend time in a lazy or passive way. Learn how to use this slang verb with examples, synonyms and related words from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   1. : to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind. 2. a. : to grow in the manner of a plant. also : to grow exuberantly or with proliferation of fleshy or warty outgrowths. b. : to produce vegetation. transitive verb. : to establish vegetation in or on. Examples of vegetate in a Sentence. I just spent the weekend vegetating at home.

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   verb. engage in passive relaxation. “After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television” synonyms: vege out.

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   Vegetate definition: to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.. See examples of VEGETATE used in a sentence.

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   Vegetate means to spend time doing very little and feeling bored. Learn how to pronounce, spell and use this verb with examples and synonyms from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   vegetate in British English. (ˈvɛdʒɪˌteɪt ) verb (intransitive) 1. to grow like a plant; sprout. 2. to lead a life characterized by monotony, passivity, or mental inactivity. 3. pathology. (of a wart, polyp, etc) to develop fleshy outgrowths.

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   Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024 How to use vegetate in a sentence Inevitably some students will just text, chat, or blissfully vegetate if given more leisure.