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UK
/vˈɛdʒɪtˌeɪt/
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[ US /ˈvɛdʒəˌteɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈvɛdʒəˌteɪt/ ]
VERB
-
grow like a plant
This fungus usually vegetates vigorously -
establish vegetation on
They vegetated the hills behind their house - lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
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engage in passive relaxation
After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television -
grow or spread abnormally
warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed -
produce vegetation
The fields vegetate vigorously -
propagate asexually
The bacterial growth vegetated along
How To Use vegetate In A Sentence
- Unless the damaged areas are quickly revegetated, the eroded soils sink below sea level and the area becomes open water.
- Not that I read any more or make music or write - I just vegetate in front of the myriad digital channels we now have.
- The fields vegetate vigorously
- The Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean governments have launched a program to revegetate dust-generating lands in China, and researchers from around the Pacific Rim have begun intensive studies of Chinese dust and its impacts.
- This area is lightly vegetated with juniper, pine, sage, and grasses.
- I didn't want to sit and vegetate in front of the TV so I started the course.
- In the semi-arid context, dunes can revegetate quite naturally and quickly once the initial disturbance has been removed.
- In keeping with a project goal to make greening strategies visible to the public, the rainwater not retained by the vegetated roof is directed via surface runnels to water storage.
- White fir is used to revegetate disturbed forest sites where it naturally occurs. White fir
- The jet device can measure the erosion potential of a soil in vegetated channels, road embankments, dams, spillways, and construction sites.
