germinate
verb (used without object)
to begin to grow or develop.
are germinating
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present progressiveof germinate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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These locusts, he said, will be migrating to southern Somalia and parts of Kenya and Ethiopia just as crops are germinating there.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2020
If we desire to understand the ideas and beliefs that are germinating to-day in the masses, and will spring up to-morrow, it is necessary to know how the ground has been prepared.
From The Crowd; study of the popular mind by Gustave Le Bon
It is very important to keep them covered while the seeds are germinating, otherwise the sand will be certain to become too dry if kept in a sufficiently warm place.
From Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf by Jane H. Newell
