vegetate

vegetate is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
2. intransitive verb. Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
3. intransitive verb. To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.
4. verb. engage in passive relaxation

   "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television"

5. verb. propagate asexually

   "The bacterial growth vegetated along"

6. verb. grow or spread abnormally

   "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"

7. verb. grow like a plant

   "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"

8. verb. produce vegetation

   "The fields vegetate vigorously"

9. verb. establish vegetation on

   "They vegetated the hills behind their house"

10. verb. lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

Common word forms

vegetated, vegetates, vegetating

Words from these letters

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