GERMINATE


Meaning of GERMINATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒɜ:(r)mɪneɪt ]

( germinates, germinating, germinated)

1.

If a seed germinates or if it is germinated , it starts to grow.

Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so...

First, the researchers germinated the seeds.

VERB : V , V n

• ger‧mi‧na‧tion

The poor germination of your seed could be because the soil was too cold.

N-UNCOUNT : usu with supp

2.

If an idea, plan, or feeling germinates , it comes into existence and begins to develop.

He wrote to Eliot about a ‘big book’ that was germinating in his mind.

VERB : V , also V into n

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