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vegetate Definition

veg·etate (vej′ə tāt′)

intransitive verb -·tat′·ed, -·tat′·ing

  1. to grow as plants
  2. to exist with little mental and physical activity; lead a dull, inactive life
  3. Med. to grow or increase in size, as a wart or other abnormal outgrowth does

Etymology: < L vegetatus, pp. of vegetare, to enliven < vegetus, lively < vegere, to quicken, wake; vegetatesenses & infl. by vegetable

vegetate Synonyms

vegetate

v.

  1. To germinate

    sprout, bud, blossom; see bloom, grow 1.

  2. To stagnate

    hibernate, stagnate, languish; see decay, weaken 1.

vegetate Usage Examples

Object

  • shingle: Two areas of exposed vegetated shingle occur at the extremes of the barrier.
  • gully: It immediately dashed off down into the thickly vegetated gully below the trail.
  • ledge: Follow the thin vertical crack above until forced left into a wider crack, which leads to a vegetated ledge.
  • dune: Between the beaches and Lake St Lucia are some of the world's highest vegetated dunes as well as swamp and sand forest.
  • cliff: Sea cliffs The Sensitive Marine Area is one of the most important areas in the United Kingdom for its vegetated sea cliffs.
  • slope: Hawaiian Goose The Hawaiian goose inhabits the poorly vegetated volcanic slopes of Hawaii.

Adjective complement

top: Days 29 - 30 Ascension Island is a dry volcanic island with a moist and richly vegetated top.

Modifying Another Word

  • sparsely: On the return he found a fantail nest with 2 eggs right along the trail in a sparsely vegetated bush.
  • densely: Water voles like to make their homes along densely vegetated river banks or ditches where the current is slow.
  • thickly: South Luangwa's terrain varies from thickly vegetated woodland to open grassy plains covering an area approximately half the size of Wales.
  • richly: Days 29 - 30 Ascension Island is a dry volcanic island with a moist and richly vegetated top.
  • heavily: The area still has a heavily vegetated character despite infill over recent years.
  • well: The species found here reflect the well vegetated nature of the ponds.

Preposition: in

front: I probably just vegetated in front of the TV like anyone with no damn job should, frankly.