vegetate
verb/ˈvedʒəteɪt/
/ˈvedʒəteɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vegetate | /ˈvedʒəteɪt/ /ˈvedʒəteɪt/ |
| he / she / it vegetates | /ˈvedʒəteɪts/ /ˈvedʒəteɪts/ |
| past simple vegetated | /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪd/ /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle vegetated | /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪd/ /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form vegetating | /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of a person) to spend time doing very little and feeling boredWord Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin vegetat- ‘enlivened’, from the verb vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’.
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