vegetate

Meanings

• Transitive verb

  To cause (a plant) to grow, especially by providing it with the necessary nutrients and conditions.

  - "The farmer vegetated his crops with the help of fertilizers."
  - "The plant could not vegetate without water."
  - "The seeds were vegetated in a greenhouse before being planted in the garden."

• Intransitive verb

  To live or exist in a place, often unproductively or idly.

  - "After losing his job, he just vegetated on the couch all day."
  - "The students vegetated in the library during exam week."
  - "He vegetated in his old age, surrounded by memories of the past."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with vegetate
create , fate , mate , state

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Variants

List of all variants of vegetate that leads to same result
vegetate , vegetated , vegetates , vegetating

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Etymology

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From the Latin word vegetare, meaning to make green or to grow.

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Trivia

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1. The word vegetate is related to the word vegetable.

2. In botany, the term vegetative propagation refers to the method of plant reproduction in which new plants grow from vegetative parts of the parent plant, such as roots, stems, or leaves.

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Related Concepts

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1. Vegetarianism: A diet that excludes meat, and in some cases, other animal products.

2. Vegetation: Plants and other organic matter that covers the surface of the earth.

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Culture

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In literature, vegetate is often used metaphorically to describe a state of idleness or stagnation. In art, images of plants vegetating can symbolize growth, renewal, or the passage of time.

How to Memorize "vegetate"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a seed growing into a plant, absorbing nutrients from the soil and sun.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of growth or development.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'V' is for Vegetating Plants, 'V' is for Vegetating Idly.

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