vegetate
verb
veg·e·tate
| \ ˈve-jə-ˌtāt
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vegetated;
vegetating
Definition of vegetate
1
: to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind
2a
: to grow in the manner of a plant
also
: to grow exuberantly or with proliferation of fleshy or warty outgrowths
b
: to produce vegetation
: to establish vegetation in or on
Examples of vegetate in a Sentence
I just spent the weekend vegetating at home.
I'm worried that after I retire I'll just sit at home, watch TV, and vegetate.
Recent Examples on the Web
Since the late 1990s, more than half of the world’s vegetated landscapes have experienced a growing deficit, or drying pattern. — Scientific American, "Earth Stopped Getting Greener 20 Years Ago," 15 Aug. 2019 The park’s custom-built, naturally vegetated overpasses and underground tunnels allow safe passage—and have set the global standard for animal highway safety. — Susan O'keefe, National Geographic, "EXPLORE THE WORLD WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC," 8 Apr. 2019 The Southern Alps’ heavily vegetated westernmost slopes plunge, Jurassic Park–style, toward the sea. — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, "We Should All Just Move to New Zealand," 17 Jan. 2019 Each plant takes approximately two months to root, vegetate and mature into ready-to-harvest cannabis, Goldberg said. — Kate Magill, Columbia Flier, "Howard County’s first medical marijuana dispensaries ready to open," 13 Dec. 2017 Vinnie, in the meantime, has been vegetating in squalor in a motel in Cucamonga, Calif., striking up an almost romance with an Anglophile supermarket checkout worker, Cecilia (Ms. Girten) and living on hush money from Carter. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: Sam Shepard’s ‘Simpatico,’ Cut Loose and Roaming Wild," 26 Sep. 2017 Initial Chinese news reports contained no suggestion that officials had been warned that the steep, thinly vegetated hillside could collapse. — Chris Buckley And Javier C. HernÁndez, New York Times, "Hopes Fade After Landslide Destroys Chinese Village," 24 June 2017 The water settles into three biofiltration pools and vegetated beds below the light showers, after which it can be safely used by park goers. — Barbara Sadick, WSJ, "A New Look for Urban Utility Structures," 14 Apr. 2017 For them, as for most of us, plants were just there in the background, vegetating away. — National Geographic, "There Is Such a Thing as Plant Intelligence," 21 Feb. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'vegetate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for vegetate
vegetate
verb
English Language Learners Definition of vegetate
: to spend time doing things that do not require much thought or effort : to be very lazy or inactive
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