Germinate - English meaning

noun

A compact growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot.

Usage examples:

Flower meristem, flower buds, and leaves from green and 2 d-etiolated plants were analysed for atp …

verb

(of a plant or animal) form a bud.

Usage examples:

New blood vessels bud out from the vascular bed

noun

A friendly form of address from one boy or man to another.

Usage examples:

I'll tell you what, bud

verb

Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.

Usage examples:

The city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre

noun

A bud or young shoot.

verb

To develop or grow quickly

Usage examples:

Product placement has burgeoned to the extent that corporate logos are now found in most mainstream…

verb

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

verb

Progress or evolve through a process of natural growth

verb

To grow or cause to grow or change into a more advanced form

Usage examples:

[ t ] this exercise will help develop the shoulder and back muscles (= it will make them stronger).…

verb

(of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically.

Usage examples:

He would watch nick grow to manhood

verb

Increase in size by natural process

verb

Multiply or spread prolifically or rapidly.

Usage examples:

The countless rats that pullulate in the mine

verb

Kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.

Usage examples:

He was shot in the leg during an armed robbery

noun

A young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant.

Usage examples:

He nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems

exclamation

Variant spelling of chute1.

phrasal verb

To start to exist suddenly

Usage examples:

Thousands of new businesses have sprung up in the past couple of years.

phrasal verb

To start to exist suddenly

Usage examples:

Thousands of new businesses have sprung up in the past couple of years.

verb

(of a plant) put out shoots.

Usage examples:

The weeds begin to sprout

noun

A shoot of a plant.

Usage examples:

The flower pots are full of green sprouts

verb

To begin to grow, or to produce new growth

Usage examples:

[ i ] our new seedlings have begun to sprout., a bean sprout

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

Usage examples:

The soft swell of her breast

adjective

Excellent; very good.

Usage examples:

You're looking swell

verb

Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.

Usage examples:

If she left him alone, he'd sit in front of the television and vegetate

verb

To live or spend time in a way that lacks physical and mental activity and effort

Usage examples:

The children just vegetate in front of the tv all morning.