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GERMINATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they germinate ... he / she / it germinates
Past simple: germinated
Past participle: germinated
-ing form: germinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Produce buds, branches, or germinate
Example:
the potatoes sprouted
Synonyms:
bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "germinate" is one way to...):
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Verb group:
germinate (cause to grow or sprout)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
germ (a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism)
germination (the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to grow or sprout
Example:
the plentiful rain germinated my plants
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "germinate" is one way to...):
grow (cause to grow or develop)
Verb group:
bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud (produce buds, branches, or germinate)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
germination (the origin of some development)
germination (the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Work out
Example:
We have developed a new theory of evolution
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "germinate" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Verb group:
develop (make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
germ (anything that provides inspiration for later work)
