vegetated
vegetated is the simple past and past participle of vegetate.
Meaning of vegetate
Verb
vegetate (third-person singular simple present vegetates, present participle vegetating, simple past and past participle vegetated)
- To grow or sprout.
- To spread abnormally.
- To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
- Nor indeed is it likely I shall now ever be able to do more than vegetate, for my few remaining years or months in this or some other solitude. It is literally vegetating, for I have very little locomotive powers beyond those that appertain to a cauliflower.1804 March 5, Charlotte Smith, letter to Sarah Rose, quoted in Judith Phillips Stanton, “Introduction to Charlotte Smith’s Letters”, in The Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith, Bloomington, Ind....
Adjective
vegetated (comparative more vegetated, superlative most vegetated)
- On which vegetation is growing.
- a vegetated streambank
Forms of vegetated
| comparative | more vegetated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most vegetated |
Words formed from vegetated
Questions about vegetated
- What does vegetated mean?
- Vegetated means on which vegetation is growing.
- What is vegetated the simple past and past participle of?
- Vegetated is the simple past and past participle of vegetate.
- What part of speech is vegetated?
- Vegetated is an adjective.
Words near vegetated in the dictionary
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