verb
Meaning 1
To grow or sprout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vegetate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈvɛd͡ʒɪteɪt/
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verb
Meaning 2
To spread abnormally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
engage in passive relaxation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vege out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
verb
Meaning 5
propagate asexually
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The bacterial growth vegetated along
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: propagate
verb
Meaning 6
grow or spread abnormally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed
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Broader terms: grow
verb
Meaning 7
grow like a plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This fungus usually vegetates vigorously
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grow
verb
Meaning 8
produce vegetation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The fields vegetate vigorously
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: grow
verb
Meaning 9
establish vegetation on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They vegetated the hills behind their house
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grow
verb
Meaning 10
lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: live
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vegetātus, perfect passive participle of vegetō (“to enliven, to arouse”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: раста (rasta) — to grow or sprout
- Bulgarian: вегетирам (vegetiram) — to grow or sprout
- Catalan: vegetar — to grow or sprout
- Esperanto: vegeti — to grow or sprout
- Finnish: itää — to grow or sprout
- Finnish: versoa — to grow or sprout
- French: végéter — to grow or sprout
- Georgian: ზრდა (zrda) — to grow or sprout
- Hungarian: tenyészik — to grow or sprout
- Hungarian: nő — to grow or sprout
- Ido: vejetar — to grow or sprout
- Interlingua: vegetar — to grow or sprout
- Italian: vegetare — to grow or sprout
- Polish: rosnąć — to grow or sprout
- Polish: urosnąć — to grow or sprout
- Polish: wegetować — to grow or sprout
- Portuguese: vegetar — to grow or sprout
- Spanish: vegetar — to grow or sprout
- Swedish: vegetera — to grow or sprout
- Hungarian: burjánzik — to spread abnormally
- Polish: wegetować — to spread abnormally
- Bulgarian: вегетирам (vegetiram) — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Catalan: vegetar — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Finnish: oleilla — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Finnish: oleskella — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- French: végéter — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Georgian: უმიზნოდ ცხოვრება (umiznod cxovreba) — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Georgian: უშინაარსოდ ცხოვრება (ušinaarsod cxovreba) — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- German: vegetieren — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Hungarian: vegetál — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Hungarian: tesped — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Hungarian: éldegél — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Hungarian: tengődik — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Italian: vegetare — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Polish: wegetować — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Portuguese: vegetar — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Russian: прозяба́ть (prozjabátʹ) — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Spanish: vegetar — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Spanish: apalancarse — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
- Swedish: vegetera — to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way