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vegetate

verb

Definition of vegetate

as in to relax

to spend time doing things that do not require much thought or effort; to be very lazy or inactive I just spent the weekend vegetating at home. I'm worried that after I retire I'll just sit at home, watch TV, and vegetate.

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Recent Examples of vegetate Contrary to the arid badlands of Ledi-Geraru today, millions of years ago, the area was a lush, vegetated landscape with rivers and shallow lakes. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025 This small reservoir grows big bass but is heavily vegetated in early spring. — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 11 June 2024 The program has documented more than 900 springs with flowing or standing water within Arizona’s Sky Islands region, 75 of them with moist ground only, 55 that are dry but still vegetated, and 272 that have dried completely. — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024 About 30 minutes later, rescuers made voice contact with Blessing but were unable to reach him until about midnight, due to the steep and thickly vegetated terrain, Fish and Game said. — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for vegetate

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Direct flights have resumed between India and China, a few old Silk Road trade routes have opened, and in March India relaxed rules around investment from Beijing.

— Evelyn Cheng,Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Fences, hedges, noise machines, and relaxing music can all help.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of relax

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After all, the threat of punishing a school for signing a player could have the effect of chilling a market for that player and thereby harm him.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2026
When your drink is halfway done, a server will swap out your glass for a fresh one chilled to 5 degrees.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2026

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