plural of vegetable

(of a plant) To grow or sprout. / (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally. / (informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.

(uncountable) Plants, taken collectively. / (pathology, countable) An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth / The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

present participle of vegetate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vegetate

On which vegetation is growing.

simple past tense and past participle of vegetate

(obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism.

(now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). / Pertaining to vegetables or plants.

(obsolete) lively; active; sprightly; vigorous.