verb
- to live in a dull, inactive way without mental or physical activity
- to grow or develop as a plant does
Usage: often used disapprovingly
Usage: botanical; formal
Examples
- After losing his job, he just vegetated on the couch for months.
- Don’t just vegetate in front of the TV all summer.
- She felt like she was vegetating in her boring office job.
- The patient seemed to vegetate in the hospital bed.
- Moss and lichens vegetate on the old stone walls.
- Various plants vegetate in the tropical climate.
- Seeds will vegetate quickly in warm, moist soil.