vegetate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
Types & categories
- live hypernym
Related & opposite
- vegetation derivation
- vegetative derivation
Sense 2 verb
establish vegetation on
They vegetated the hills behind their house
Types & categories
- grow hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
produce vegetation
The fields vegetate vigorously
Types & categories
- grow hypernym
Related & opposite
- vegetation derivation
- vegetal derivation
Sense 4 verb
grow like a plant
This fungus usually vegetates vigorously
Types & categories
- grow hypernym
Related & opposite
- vegetation derivation
- vegetal derivation
Sense 5 verb
grow or spread abnormally
warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed
Types & categories
- grow hypernym
Related & opposite
- vegetation derivation
Sense 6 verb
propagate asexually
The bacterial growth vegetated along
Types & categories
- propagate hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
engage in passive relaxation
After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television
Types & categories
- relax hypernym
Related & opposite
- vegetation derivation
- vegetative derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | live |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flora |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetal |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetal |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetal |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | propagate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | vegetative |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | relax |