Dictionary Entry
germinate
germinate is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses
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- 1intransitive verb
To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.
- 2transitive verb
To cause to sprout.
- 3verb
produce buds, branches, or germinate
"the potatoes sprouted"
- 4verb
cause to grow or sprout
"the plentiful rain germinated my plants"
- 5verb
work out
"We have developed a new theory of evolution"
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