meaning of vegetate
1. To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
2. Fig. : To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
3. To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.
4. engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard days work, I vegetate in front of the
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