vegetate Definition
veg·etate (vej′ə tāt′)
intransitive verb -·tat′·ed, -·tat′·ing
- to grow as plants
- to exist with little mental and physical activity; lead a dull, inactive life
- 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.
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.
Browse dictionary entries near vegetate
- ‹ vegetarianism
- ‹ vegetarian
- ‹ vegetal
- ‹ vegetable wax
- ‹ vegetable tallow
- ‹ vegetable sponge
- ‹ vegetable silk
- ‹ vegetable oyster
- ‹ vegetable oil
- ‹ vegetable marrow
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