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vegetate

verb as in be very passive

verb as in grow, sprout

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Example Sentences

A long-distance lorry driver, he said he had no option but to pay privately or "sit and do nothing, vegetate and slow up".

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I vegetate between steps, and that’s when I listen to music a lot.

Made up of local efforts across 11 countries, it has reached just 16% of its overall goal to vegetate 150 million hectares.

During her many spells in hospital she didn't want to sit on her bed and "vegetate."

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“We could allow the island to naturally vegetate, but it’s going to take years for it to do it, so this is a good way to give it a jump start,” he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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