vegetate
verb (used without object)
to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
vegetated
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past participleof vegetate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof vegetate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
vegetateverb (used without object)to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
Example Sentences
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Capybaras aren’t native to Mexico; they are South American, occupying savannas and vegetated areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
They have been found living along the vegetated banks of Osbaldwick Beck which runs through the park, following a seven-year project to improve the wildlife habitat in the area.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
The researchers used satellite data to look for green, vegetated areas within dryland areas, indicating an oasis, and tracked changes over 25 years.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2024
Crews will be installing steel girders — long boxes of reinforced concrete — over the freeway in order to build the vegetated bridge, according to Caltrans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Native Mexican women dressed in pale tunics slid their paddles into the lake and rowed slowly, serenely across the water toward what could only be described as densely vegetated islands floating on the water.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
