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vegetated

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veg·e·tate  (vj-tt)
intr.v. veg·e·tat·ed, veg·e·tat·ing, veg·e·tates
1. To grow or sprout as a plant does.
2. Pathology To grow in size or spread abnormally.
3. To exist in a state of physical or mental inactivity or insensibility.
4. Informal To engage in relaxing or passive activities, such as watching television.
[Latin vegetre, vegett-, to enliven; see vegetable.]
Translations
vegetated [ˈvedʒɪteɪtɪd] ADJ the land is sparsely vegetated → la tierra tiene escasa vegetación


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vegetated as it did, more unfortunate, for he had life and thought, and he hoped and despaired by turns.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Have you, then, madame, no compassion for your servants who for twenty years have vegetated in obscurity, without betraying in a single sigh the solemn and sacred secrets they have had the honor to share with you?
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Roker; and, by the time he lay down upon it at night, was as much at home as if he had been bred in the prison, and his whole family had vegetated therein for three generations.
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