vegetate

vegetate
v
1. grow, sprout, shoot up, bud, burgeon, burst forth; germinate, root, take root, put forth; luxuriate, flourish, flower, bloom, effloresce, leaf; pullulate, develop, blow, swell, overgrow.
2. exist, stagnate, do nothing, idle, hang fire; hibernate, estivate, rusticate; lounge, loaf, lazy around, waste time, cool one's heels; languish, drowse, doze, sit back; sit on the sidelines, Sl. warm the bench, twiddle one's thumbs, not stir, not budge; rest, coast, drift, lay back, be inactive.

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  • 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vegetate — [v1] be very passive be inert, decay, deteriorate, exist, go to pot*, go to seed*, hibernate, idle, languish, loaf*, pass time, stagnate, weaken; concepts 210,698 Ant. activate, carry out, do vegetate [v2] grow, sprout bloom, blossom, bud,… …   New thesaurus

  • vegetate — [vej′ə tāt΄] vi. vegetated, vegetating [< L vegetatus, pp. of vegetare, to enliven < vegetus, lively < vegere, to quicken, WAKE1; VEGETATE senses 1 & 2 infl. by VEGETABLE] 1. to grow as plants 2. to exist with little mental and physical… …   English World dictionary

  • vegetate — index germinate, languish, pullulate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • vegetate — (v.) c.1600, to grow as plants do, perhaps a back formation from VEGETATION (Cf. vegetation), or from L. vegetatus, pp. of vegetare to enliven, to animate (see VEGETABLE (Cf. vegetable) (adj.)). Sense of to lead a dull, empty, or stagnant life is …   Etymology dictionary

  • vegetate — ► VERB 1) live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. 2) dated (of a plant or seed) grow or sprout. ORIGIN Latin vegetare enliven …   English terms dictionary

  • vegetate — UK [ˈvedʒəteɪt] / US [ˈvedʒəˌteɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms vegetate : present tense I/you/we/they vegetate he/she/it vegetates present participle vegetating past tense vegetated past participle vegetated 1) to be lazy or not active 2)… …   English dictionary

  • vegetate — /vej i tayt /, v.i., vegetated, vegetating. 1. to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant. 2. to be passive or unthinking; to do nothing: to lie on the beach and vegetate. 3. Pathol. to grow, or increase by growth, as an excrescence. [1595 1605; …   Universalium

  • vegetate — veg|e|tate [ˈvedʒıteıt] v [I] [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: , past participle of vegetare; VEGETABLE] to live without doing much physical or mental activity and to feel bored as a result ▪ I was determined when I retired that I wasn …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • vegetate — v To do nothing. I don t feel like doing anything; I think I m going home and vegetate tonight. 1980s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • vegetate v — Old gardeners never die they just vegetate …   English expressions

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