vegetate 音标拼音: [v'ɛdʒət
, et]
v . 长大;茫然地过日子
长大;茫然地过日子
vegetate v 1 :
lead a passive existence without using one '
s body or mind 2 :
establish vegetation on ; "
They vegetated the hills behind their house "
3 :
produce vegetation ; "
The fields vegetate vigorously "
4 :
grow like a plant ; "
This fungus usually vegetates vigorously "
5 :
grow or spread abnormally ; "
warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed "
6 :
propagate asexually ; "
The bacterial growth vegetated along "
7 :
engage in passive relaxation ; "
After a hard day '
s work ,
I vegetate in front of the television " [
synonym : {
vege out },
{
vegetate }]
Vegetate \
Veg "
e *
tate \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Vegetated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Vegetating }.] [
L .
vegetatus ,
p .
p .
of vegetare to enliven .
See {
Vegetable }.]
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1 .
To grow ,
as plants ,
by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves ;
to start into growth ;
to sprout ;
to germinate .
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See dying vegetables life sustain ,
See life dissolving vegetate again . --
Pope .
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2 .
Fig .:
To lead a life too low for an animate creature ;
to do nothing but eat and grow . --
Cowper .
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Persons who . . .
would have vegetated stupidly in the places where fortune had fixed them . --
Jeffrey .
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3 . (
Med .)
To grow exuberantly ;
to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths ;
as ,
a vegetating papule .
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74 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vegetate ":
be a sideliner ,
be still ,
blossom ,
brew ,
bud ,
burgeon ,
burst forth ,
coast ,
delay ,
develop ,
do nothing ,
drift ,
flourish ,
fust ,
gather ,
gemmate ,
germinate ,
grow ,
grow rank ,
grow up ,
hang fire ,
hibernate ,
hypertrophy ,
idle ,
increase ,
just be ,
languish ,
leaf ,
leaf out ,
leave ,
lie dormant ,
luxuriate ,
mature ,
merely exist ,
mushroom ,
not budge ,
not stir ,
outgrow ,
overdevelop ,
overgrow ,
overrun ,
overtop ,
pass the time ,
procreate ,
pullulate ,
put forth ,
put forth leaves ,
put out buds ,
reproduce ,
rest ,
riot ,
root ,
shoot ,
shoot up ,
sit back ,
sit it out ,
sleep ,
slumber ,
smolder ,
spring up ,
sprout ,
sprout up ,
stagnate ,
strike root ,
take root ,
thrive ,
tower ,
upshoot ,
upspear ,
upspring ,
upsprout ,
wait and see ,
watch and wait ,
wax
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