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vegetizing

vegetizing is the present participle and gerund of vegetize.

Meaning of vegetize

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.

Questions about vegetizing

What is vegetizing the present participle and gerund of?
Vegetizing is the present participle and gerund of vegetize.

Words near vegetizing in the dictionary

  1. vegetives
  2. vegetivorous
  3. vegetize
  4. vegetized
  5. vegetizes
  6. vegetizing
  7. vegeto-
  8. vegeto-mineral
  9. vegetoanimal
  10. vegetotherapeutic
  11. vegetotherapist

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