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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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Hailey and Justin Bieber also described their favorite ways to relax (the spa), favorite cities (a split between New York and Los Angeles) and favorite holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas).

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Lounging and relaxing poolside is taken very seriously with an ample supply of chaise lounges and umbrellas lining all four pools (three family pools and one adults-only pool), and an adjacent private beach and lagoon.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of relax

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And in fairness, there was a cognizant effort to keep Ohtani as rested as possible, including a season-long six-man rotation and an attempt to maneuver Ohtani’s starts to line up on games prior to a team off day, when possible.

— Katie Woo, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The National Academy of Sciences in 2003, and the American Psychological Association in a 2004 review, concluded that the polygraph rests more on theater than fact.

— Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rest

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Recipe Tips for Fried Pickle Dip The dip can be made and chilled up to 24 hours in advance.

— Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2026
Despite wearing a cap chilled to 15 degrees for several hours at every infusion, my long red hair fell almost entirely out by January, taking with it any part of me that still felt like a woman at all.

— Elizabeth Nicholas, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026

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