Vegetate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vegetate \Veg"e*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vegetated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Vegetating}.] [L. vegetatus, p. p. of vegetare to
     enliven. See {Vegetable}.]
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     1. 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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              See dying vegetables life sustain,
              See life dissolving vegetate again.   --Pope.
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     2. Fig.: To lead a life too low for an animate creature; to
        do nothing but eat and grow. --Cowper.
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              Persons who . . . would have vegetated stupidly in
              the places where fortune had fixed them. --Jeffrey.
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     3. (Med.) To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty
        outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vegetate
       v 1: lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
       2: establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind
          their house"
       3: produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"
       4: grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates
          vigorously"
       5: grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if
          not removed"
       6: propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"
       7: engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I
          vegetate in front of the television" [syn: {vege out}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "vegetate":
     be a sideliner, be still, blossom, brew, bud, burgeon, burst forth,
     coast, delay, develop, do nothing, drift, flourish, fust, gather,
     gemmate, germinate, grow, grow rank, grow up, hang fire, hibernate,
     hypertrophy, idle, increase, just be, languish, leaf, leaf out,
     leave, lie dormant, luxuriate, mature, merely exist, mushroom,
     not budge, not stir, outgrow, overdevelop, overgrow, overrun,
     overtop, pass the time, procreate, pullulate, put forth,
     put forth leaves, put out buds, reproduce, rest, riot, root, shoot,
     shoot up, sit back, sit it out, sleep, slumber, smolder, spring up,
     sprout, sprout up, stagnate, strike root, take root, thrive, tower,
     upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, wait and see, watch and wait,
     wax