germinate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
produce buds, branches, or germinate
the potatoes sprouted
Types & categories
- grow hypernym
Related & opposite
- germ derivation
- sprout derivation
- sprout derivation
- shoot derivation
- germination derivation
- pullulation derivation
- germinate verb group
Sense 2 verb
work out
We have developed a new theory of evolution
Types & categories
- create by mental act hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
cause to grow or sprout
the plentiful rain germinated my plants
Types & categories
- grow hypernym
Related & opposite
- germination derivation
- germination derivation
- sprout verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | germ |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoot |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | germination |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pullulation |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | germinate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | germ |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | develop |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | create by mental act |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | germination |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | germination |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |