vegetate
verb (used without object)
to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
vegetating
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present participleof vegetate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Even in that condition he went to law offices in Atlanta every day he could, chiefly to keep from vegetating.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 23, 2020
And without work he and his wife began to feel that they were vegetating.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 15, 2017
“You said we don’t want people vegetating in public housing. Those comments were concerning to me,” remarked freshman Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2017
He’s a name-dropper When Juan Pablo isn’t vegetating in front of the television, he hangs out with famous people, he told Andi on their overnight date.
From Time ● Mar. 11, 2014
I expect as i well it was the sight of my own father, vegetating in his chair by the fire.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
