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How to pronounce vegetate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms vege out
Type of loosen up, unwind, decompress, unbend, slow down, relax
Derivation vegetation, vegetative


After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television.
Type Words
Type of grow
Derivation vegetation


They vegetated the hills behind their house.
Type Words
Type of grow
Derivation vegetation


This fungus usually vegetates vigorously.
Type Words
Type of grow
Derivation vegetation


warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed.
Type Words
Type of live
Derivation vegetative, vegetation
Type Words
Type of grow
Derivation vegetation


The fields vegetate vigorously.
Type Words
Type of propagate
Derivation vegetative


The bacterial growth vegetated along.

Examples of vegetate

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This project will remove invasive plants and re-vegetate with native plants.
From the al.com
Instead of adapting they just vegetate in a pool of their own urine.
From the guardian.co.uk
The process will allow Vulcan to re-vegetate as it goes.
From the latimes.com
When he quit he didn't merely vegetate back in Oakville.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Fall is not the best time of year to vegetate a slope.
From the ocregister.com
It's a way to vegetate your landscape cheaply while fighting global warming and preserving biodiversity.
From the washingtonpost.com
To me, bed was the place to vegetate and let the world go by.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
This is not a place to sit and vegetate.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Do you go and do a shift and come home and vegetate?
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
More examples
  • Lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
  • Establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"
  • Produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"
  • Grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"
  • Grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"
  • Propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"
  • Vege out: engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television"
  • (vegetation) all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
  • (vegetation) the process of growth in plants