vegetate
to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
to be passive or unthinking; to do nothing: to lie on the beach and vegetate.
Pathology. to grow, or increase by growth, as an excrescence.
Origin of vegetate
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How to use vegetate in a sentence
The whole root system is disturbed and has to re-establish itself before the top vegetates very strongly once more.
Dwarf Fruit Trees | F. A. WaughIt merely vegetates at the whim of the mighty Czar, to whom it has become the obedient servant.
I must mention an incident concerning Madame Mol, who vegetates rather than lives.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.2/3, 1836-1840 | Duchesse De DinoTaken as a whole, nobody could at first sight distinguish it in any way from the waving weed among which it vegetates.
Falling in Love | Grant AllenThe filaments in and on the substratum are the first existing members of the fungus; they continue so long as it vegetates.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
British Dictionary definitions for vegetate
/ (ˈvɛdʒɪˌteɪt) /
to grow like a plant; sprout
to lead a life characterized by monotony, passivity, or mental inactivity
pathol (of a wart, polyp, etc) to develop fleshy outgrowths
Origin of vegetate
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