vegetate: Meaning and Definition of
veg•e•tate
Pronunciation: (vej'i-tāt"), [key]
— -tat•ed, -tat•ing.
- to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
- to be passive or unthinking; to do nothing: to lie on the beach and vegetate.
- to grow, or increase by growth, as an excrescence.
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