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vegetize

vegetize verb: to be in a vegetative state.

Verb

vegetize (third-person singular simple present vegetizes, present participle vegetizing, simple past and past participle vegetized)

  1. (figuratively, intransitive) To be in a vegetative state.
    • I was vegetizing in front of the TV after a tough week.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To put into a vegetative state.
    • Watching daytime television could vegetize anyone.

Synonyms of vegetize

Forms of vegetize

third-person singular presentvegetizes
present participlevegetizing
past participlevegetized
pastvegetized

Origin of vegetize

From vegetate + -ize.

Questions about vegetize

What does vegetize mean?
Vegetize means to be in a vegetative state.
What part of speech is vegetize?
Vegetize is a verb.
What is the past tense of vegetize?
The past tense of vegetize is vegetized.

Words near vegetize in the dictionary

  1. vegetists
  2. Vegetius
  3. vegetive
  4. vegetives
  5. vegetivorous
  6. vegetize
  7. vegetized
  8. vegetizes
  9. vegetizing
  10. vegeto-
  11. vegeto-mineral

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