vegetate (verb)
1vegetate — ► VERB 1) live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. 2) dated (of a plant or seed) grow or sprout. ORIGIN Latin vegetare enliven …
2vegetate — verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: Medieval Latin vegetatus, past participle of vegetare to grow Date: 1605 intransitive verb 1. a. to grow in the manner of a plant; also to grow exuberantly or with proliferation of fleshy or warty outgrowths b. to …
3vegetate — verb a) To grow or sprout. b) To spread abnormally …
4vegetate — verb 1》 live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. 2》 dated (of a plant or seed) grow or sprout. Origin C17 (earlier (ME) in vegetative): from L. vegetat , vegetare enliven …
5vegetate — verb (I) not to do anything and feel bored because there is nothing interesting for you to do: I got fed up with vegetating at home …
6vegetate — verb ever since school ended, he just vegetates Syn: do nothing, relax, rest, idle, languish, laze, lounge, loll; stagnate; informal veg, bum around, hang out, zone out, lollygag …
7vegetate — UK [ˈvedʒəteɪt] / US [ˈvedʒəˌteɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms vegetate : present tense I/you/we/they vegetate he/she/it vegetates present participle vegetating past tense vegetated past participle vegetated 1) to be lazy or not active 2)… …
8vegetate — veg|e|tate [ vedʒə,teıt ] verb intransitive 1. ) to be lazy or not active 2. ) TECHNICAL to start producing leaves or flowers …
9vegetate — [[t]ve̱ʤɪteɪt[/t]] vegetates, vegetating, vegetated VERB If someone vegetates, they spend their time doing boring or worthless things. He spends all his free time at home vegetating in front of the TV …
10vegetate — /ˈvɛdʒəteɪt / (say vejuhtayt) verb (i) (vegetated, vegetating) 1. to live in an inactive, passive, or unthinking way: *she had lived a peaceful, if vegetating life ordering her small household –nourma handford, 1953. 2. Pathology (of a wart,… …
