VEGETATE


Meaning of VEGETATE in English

ˈvejəˌtāt, usu -ād.+V verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Medieval Latin vegetatus, past participle of vegetare to grow, flourish — more at vegetable

intransitive verb

1.

a. : to grow as a plant or after the fashion of plants

the algae usually vegetate vigorously — Florence Chase

b. : to produce vegetation

fields permitted to vegetate for a given time

c. : to propagate vegetatively as distinguished from sexually

a bacterial growth … was vegetating along with the fungus — Chronica Botanica

2. : to lead a passive existence without initiative or exertion of body or mind : do little but eat and grow

a dull, ambitionless, vegetating individual — J.A.Brussel

left to vegetate back to a robust physical health — William Manchester

vegetate in luxurious subtropical surroundings — Jack Westeyn

perfectly content to vegetate , to continue leading a humdrum, uneventful life — A.H. & Ruth Verrill

3. : to grow exuberantly : produce fleshy or warty outgrowths

a vegetating tumor

transitive verb

1. obsolete : to cause to grow

2. : to establish vegetation in or on : provide the vegetation of

vegetate a hillside or ravine

vegetate a meadow with native grasses

dominant types of trees that vegetate a coral island — T.C.Roughley

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.