Germinate

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  • intransitive verb. To cause to sprout or grow.
  • intransitive verb. To begin to sprout or grow.
  • intransitive verb. To come into existence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To act as a germ; begin to undergo development toward a more complete form or state; form or be formed into an embryo, as an impregnated ovum.
  • Specifically, to sprout; bud; shoot; begin to vegetate or grow, as a plant or its seed.
  • To cause to sprout; put forth; produce.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cause to sprout.
  • intransitive verb. To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To sprout or produce buds.
  • verb. To cause to grow.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. work out
  • verb. cause to grow or sprout
  • verb. produce buds, branches, or germinate
    • Word Usage
    "Hope it makes seeds that will germinate, that is step one."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    die  
    Form
    germinated  germinating  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    create by mental act  create mentally  grow  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    determinate  exterminate  terminate  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    befal  brigh  broken-up  carraway  carris  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blade  blossom  brew  bud  bud  
    verb-form
    germinated  germinates  germinating  
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