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Vegetate

ˈvɛdʒɪteɪt

Vegetate definitions

verb

Inflections:

vegetate vegetated vegetates vegetating

live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way

"if she left him alone, he'd sit in front of the television and vegetate"

Synonyms:
do nothing idle be inactive languish laze (about) laze (around) lounge (about) lounge (around) loll (about) loll (around) loaf (about) loaf (around) slouch (about) slouch (around)
(of a plant or seed) grow; sprout

"he advised that seeds be sent in a vegetating condition"

Synonyms:
sprout shoot up spring up develop bud burst forth germinate bloom
- cause plants to grow in or cover (a place)
  
  "the final task was to vegetate the area used to store the muck dredged from the pond"