Vegetate

/ˈvɛd͡ʒɪteɪt/

Synonyms for "vegetate" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (26)

germinategrowgrow rankgrow uphang firehibernatehypertrophyidleincreasejust belanguishleafleaf outleavelie dormantloungeluxuriatematuremerely existmushroom
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not budgenot stir
Verb(4 words)

Related words (42)

outgrowoverdevelopovergrowoverrunovertoppass the timeprocreatepullulateput forthput forth leavesput out budsreproducerestriotrootshootshoot upsit backsit it outsleep
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slumbersmolderspring upsproutsprout upstagnatestrike roottake rootthrivetowerupshootupspearupspringupsproutwait and seewatch and waitwax

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vegetation covervegetation densityvegetation indexvegetation managementvegetative growthvegetative reproduction

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Sample sentences

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I'd rather die now than vegetate for fifty more years.

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Most people just vegetate.

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Nor indeed is it likely I shall now ever be able to do more than vegetate, for my few remaining years or months in this or some other solitude. It is literally vegetating, for I have very little locomotive powers beyond those that appertain to a cauliflower.

Source: wiktionary

I am amazed to see a young man of your appearance and talents—though, after I have been thus depreciating the latter, it is almost an affront to say any thing about those you possess—I am amazed to see you vegetating among your own oaks, as if, like them, growth were your only value."

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