Definition of vegetate in English:

vegetate

verb ˈvɛdʒɪteɪtˈvɛdʒəˌteɪt

[no object]

1Live 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
Example sentencesExamples
- So I'm going to just vegetate a bit and collapse.
- If I don't help him along, he will sit there and vegetate.
- Not that I read any more or make music or write - I just vegetate in front of the myriad digital channels we now have.
- All you do is vegetate and count the milliseconds until you can go home.
- It was his first competitive action since Royal St George's, following a much-needed break in which he vegetated on the sofa and reacquainted himself with his Rangers season-ticket.
- I thought I was faced with vegetating on benefits until pensionable age, but I'm now ready for a new future.
- Now, he was quite content to work on and draw a fairly respectable salary as an alternative to vegetating on a basic old age pension.
- John was vegetating and getting demotivated because of the lack of work opportunities.
- ‘I'm not sitting and vegetating, I need to get cracking,’ he said.
- Aunt Lou is still vegetating in Holy Light Nursing Home.
- I should take a night or a day to just stop and vegetate - take a bubble bath or watch a movie - but I haven't been able to bring myself to do so yet.
- Instead I was vegetating, bringing the kids home from school, doing crosswords.
- Joseph prefers to vegetate on a sofa and read his books.
- If I had my druthers, I'd so be staying here for the weekend and just vegetating.
- I'm going to vegetate tonight, and then tomorrow I shall transform myself into a super efficient research machine.
- I didn't want to sit and vegetate in front of the TV so I started the course.
- We're back, after two weeks of vegetating in Bangalore, in the most beautiful cool weather.
- I've drunk myself stupid at university, I've smoked, and I've vegetated.
- I work long days, and then tend to vegetate when I'm not working, so I'm always at one of extremes, activity-wise.
Synonyms
do nothing, idle, be inactive, languish, laze (around/about), lounge (around/about), loll (around/about), loaf (around/about), slouch (around/about)
go to seed, degenerate, moulder, stagnate
informal hang around/round, veg out
British informal hang about, mooch about/around, slummock
North American informal bum around, bat around/about, lollygag
2dated (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
1. 2.1with object 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
  Example sentencesExamples
  This area is lightly vegetated with juniper, pine, sage, and grasses.
  But during the last 200 years, exotic annual grasses from Europe started taking over, and now only 2 percent of the state's grasslands are vegetated by native perennial grasses.
  Although there were abundant lakes and ponds on the islands, they would have been vegetated chiefly by bulrushes.
  The Board plans to vegetate Waterfall Gully with more native trees and plants.
  To be effective, a vegetative infiltration area must be designed, constructed, vegetated, and adequately maintained.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin vegetat- 'enlivened', from the verb vegetare, from vegetus 'active', from vegere 'be active'.

Definition of vegetate in US English:

vegetate

verbˈvejəˌtātˈvɛdʒəˌteɪt

[no object]

1Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
if she left him there alone, he'd sit in front of the television set and vegetate
Example sentencesExamples
- So I'm going to just vegetate a bit and collapse.
- Now, he was quite content to work on and draw a fairly respectable salary as an alternative to vegetating on a basic old age pension.
- If I had my druthers, I'd so be staying here for the weekend and just vegetating.
- I'm going to vegetate tonight, and then tomorrow I shall transform myself into a super efficient research machine.
- I thought I was faced with vegetating on benefits until pensionable age, but I'm now ready for a new future.
- I didn't want to sit and vegetate in front of the TV so I started the course.
- Instead I was vegetating, bringing the kids home from school, doing crosswords.
- I've drunk myself stupid at university, I've smoked, and I've vegetated.
- We're back, after two weeks of vegetating in Bangalore, in the most beautiful cool weather.
- I should take a night or a day to just stop and vegetate - take a bubble bath or watch a movie - but I haven't been able to bring myself to do so yet.
- It was his first competitive action since Royal St George's, following a much-needed break in which he vegetated on the sofa and reacquainted himself with his Rangers season-ticket.
- Aunt Lou is still vegetating in Holy Light Nursing Home.
- Joseph prefers to vegetate on a sofa and read his books.
- John was vegetating and getting demotivated because of the lack of work opportunities.
- Not that I read any more or make music or write - I just vegetate in front of the myriad digital channels we now have.
- If I don't help him along, he will sit there and vegetate.
- I work long days, and then tend to vegetate when I'm not working, so I'm always at one of extremes, activity-wise.
- All you do is vegetate and count the milliseconds until you can go home.
- ‘I'm not sitting and vegetating, I need to get cracking,’ he said.
Synonyms
do nothing, idle, be inactive, languish, laze, laze about, laze around, lounge, lounge about, lounge around, loll, loll about, loll around, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, slouch, slouch about, slouch around
2dated (of a plant or seed) grow; sprout.
Synonyms
sprout, shoot up, spring up, develop, bud, burst forth, germinate, bloom
1. 2.1with object Cause plants to grow in or cover (a place).
  Example sentencesExamples
  But during the last 200 years, exotic annual grasses from Europe started taking over, and now only 2 percent of the state's grasslands are vegetated by native perennial grasses.
  Although there were abundant lakes and ponds on the islands, they would have been vegetated chiefly by bulrushes.
  The Board plans to vegetate Waterfall Gully with more native trees and plants.
  To be effective, a vegetative infiltration area must be designed, constructed, vegetated, and adequately maintained.
  This area is lightly vegetated with juniper, pine, sage, and grasses.
3Medicine
(of an abnormal growth) increase in size.
Example sentencesExamples
- When THC is exposed to UV-B while vegetating, it increases the UV-B melatonin which attaches to the THC.
- The 8-cm-high vegetating tumor consisted of solid sheets of poorly cohesive epithelioid cells broken into clusters by strands of stroma.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin vegetat- ‘enlivened’, from the verb vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’.

单词	vegetate
释义	Definition of vegetate in English: vegetate verb ˈvɛdʒɪteɪtˈvɛdʒəˌteɪt [no object] 1Live 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 Example sentencesExamples So I'm going to just vegetate a bit and collapse. If I don't help him along, he will sit there and vegetate. Not that I read any more or make music or write - I just vegetate in front of the myriad digital channels we now have. All you do is vegetate and count the milliseconds until you can go home. It was his first competitive action since Royal St George's, following a much-needed break in which he vegetated on the sofa and reacquainted himself with his Rangers season-ticket. I thought I was faced with vegetating on benefits until pensionable age, but I'm now ready for a new future. Now, he was quite content to work on and draw a fairly respectable salary as an alternative to vegetating on a basic old age pension. John was vegetating and getting demotivated because of the lack of work opportunities. ‘I'm not sitting and vegetating, I need to get cracking,’ he said. Aunt Lou is still vegetating in Holy Light Nursing Home. I should take a night or a day to just stop and vegetate - take a bubble bath or watch a movie - but I haven't been able to bring myself to do so yet. Instead I was vegetating, bringing the kids home from school, doing crosswords. Joseph prefers to vegetate on a sofa and read his books. If I had my druthers, I'd so be staying here for the weekend and just vegetating. I'm going to vegetate tonight, and then tomorrow I shall transform myself into a super efficient research machine. I didn't want to sit and vegetate in front of the TV so I started the course. We're back, after two weeks of vegetating in Bangalore, in the most beautiful cool weather. I've drunk myself stupid at university, I've smoked, and I've vegetated. I work long days, and then tend to vegetate when I'm not working, so I'm always at one of extremes, activity-wise. Synonyms do nothing, idle, be inactive, languish, laze (around/about), lounge (around/about), loll (around/about), loaf (around/about), slouch (around/about) go to seed, degenerate, moulder, stagnate informal hang around/round, veg out British informal hang about, mooch about/around, slummock North American informal bum around, bat around/about, lollygag 2dated (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 2.1with object 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 Example sentencesExamples This area is lightly vegetated with juniper, pine, sage, and grasses. But during the last 200 years, exotic annual grasses from Europe started taking over, and now only 2 percent of the state's grasslands are vegetated by native perennial grasses. Although there were abundant lakes and ponds on the islands, they would have been vegetated chiefly by bulrushes. The Board plans to vegetate Waterfall Gully with more native trees and plants. To be effective, a vegetative infiltration area must be designed, constructed, vegetated, and adequately maintained. Origin Early 17th century: from Latin vegetat- 'enlivened', from the verb vegetare, from vegetus 'active', from vegere 'be active'. Definition of vegetate in US English: vegetate verbˈvejəˌtātˈvɛdʒəˌteɪt [no object] 1Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. if she left him there alone, he'd sit in front of the television set and vegetate Example sentencesExamples So I'm going to just vegetate a bit and collapse. Now, he was quite content to work on and draw a fairly respectable salary as an alternative to vegetating on a basic old age pension. If I had my druthers, I'd so be staying here for the weekend and just vegetating. I'm going to vegetate tonight, and then tomorrow I shall transform myself into a super efficient research machine. I thought I was faced with vegetating on benefits until pensionable age, but I'm now ready for a new future. I didn't want to sit and vegetate in front of the TV so I started the course. Instead I was vegetating, bringing the kids home from school, doing crosswords. I've drunk myself stupid at university, I've smoked, and I've vegetated. We're back, after two weeks of vegetating in Bangalore, in the most beautiful cool weather. I should take a night or a day to just stop and vegetate - take a bubble bath or watch a movie - but I haven't been able to bring myself to do so yet. It was his first competitive action since Royal St George's, following a much-needed break in which he vegetated on the sofa and reacquainted himself with his Rangers season-ticket. Aunt Lou is still vegetating in Holy Light Nursing Home. Joseph prefers to vegetate on a sofa and read his books. John was vegetating and getting demotivated because of the lack of work opportunities. Not that I read any more or make music or write - I just vegetate in front of the myriad digital channels we now have. If I don't help him along, he will sit there and vegetate. I work long days, and then tend to vegetate when I'm not working, so I'm always at one of extremes, activity-wise. All you do is vegetate and count the milliseconds until you can go home. ‘I'm not sitting and vegetating, I need to get cracking,’ he said. Synonyms do nothing, idle, be inactive, languish, laze, laze about, laze around, lounge, lounge about, lounge around, loll, loll about, loll around, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, slouch, slouch about, slouch around 2dated (of a plant or seed) grow; sprout. Synonyms sprout, shoot up, spring up, develop, bud, burst forth, germinate, bloom 2.1with object Cause plants to grow in or cover (a place). Example sentencesExamples But during the last 200 years, exotic annual grasses from Europe started taking over, and now only 2 percent of the state's grasslands are vegetated by native perennial grasses. Although there were abundant lakes and ponds on the islands, they would have been vegetated chiefly by bulrushes. The Board plans to vegetate Waterfall Gully with more native trees and plants. To be effective, a vegetative infiltration area must be designed, constructed, vegetated, and adequately maintained. This area is lightly vegetated with juniper, pine, sage, and grasses. 3Medicine (of an abnormal growth) increase in size. Example sentencesExamples When THC is exposed to UV-B while vegetating, it increases the UV-B melatonin which attaches to the THC. The 8-cm-high vegetating tumor consisted of solid sheets of poorly cohesive epithelioid cells broken into clusters by strands of stroma. Origin Early 17th century: from Latin vegetat- ‘enlivened’, from the verb vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’.
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