germinate

germinate has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. i.. To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.
• v. t.. To cause to sprout.
• v.. produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
• v.. cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"
• v.. work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"