germinate

germinate
[[t]ʤɜ͟ː(r)mɪneɪt[/t]]
germinates, germinating, germinated
1) V-ERG If a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it starts to grow. [TECHNICAL]

Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so...

[V n] First, the researchers germinated the seeds.

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germination [[t]ʤɜ͟ː(r)mɪne͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N-UNCOUNT usu with supp

The poor germination of your seed could be because the soil was too cold.

2) VERB If an idea, plan, or feeling germinates, it comes into existence and begins to develop.

He wrote to Eliot about a `big book' that was germinating in his mind. [Also V into n]


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  • Germinate — Ger mi*nate, v. t. To cause to sprout. Price (1610). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Germinate — Ger mi*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Germinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Germinating}.] [L. germinatus, p. p. of germinare to sprout, fr. germen. See {Germ}.] To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • germinate — I verb become, bud, burgeon, develop, emerge, evolve, flourish, gemmate, generate, germinare, grow, produce, progress, pullulate, sprout, thrive, vegetate, yield II index develop, pullulate, stem ( …   Law dictionary

  • germinate — (v.) c.1600, probably a back formation from GERMINATION (Cf. germination). Earlier germynen (mid 15c.) was from L. germinare. Related: Germinated; germinating. Figurative use from 1640s …   Etymology dictionary

  • germinate — [v] grow bud, develop, generate, live, originate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, swell, vegetate; concept 427 Ant. halt, slow, stop, thwart …   New thesaurus

  • germinate — ► VERB ▪ (of a seed or spore) begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy. DERIVATIVES germination noun. ORIGIN Latin germinare sprout forth, bud , from germen sprout, seed …   English terms dictionary

  • germinate — [jʉr′mənāt΄] vi., vt. germinated, germinating [< L germinatus, pp. of germinare, to sprout < germen, a sprout, GERM] 1. to sprout or cause to sprout, as from a spore, seed, or bud 2. to start developing or growing germination n. germinative …   English World dictionary

  • germinate — UK [ˈdʒɜː(r)mɪneɪt] / US [ˈdʒɜrmɪˌneɪt] verb Word forms germinate : present tense I/you/we/they germinate he/she/it germinates present participle germinating past tense germinated past participle germinated 1) [intransitive/transitive] biology to …   English dictionary

  • germinate — ger|mi|nate [ dʒɜrmı,neıt ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to develop from a seed, and begin to grow into a plant, or to make a seed begin to develop into a plant: It s been too cold for seeds to germinate properly. 2. ) intransitive if an… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • germinate — verb 1 (I, T) if a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it begins to grow: Carnation seeds will germinate at a low temperature. 2 (I) if an idea, feeling etc germinates, it begins to develop: The idea of forming a business partnership began to …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • germinate — verb 1) the grain is allowed to germinate Syn: sprout, shoot (up), bud; develop, grow, spring up; dated vegetate 2) the idea began to germinate Syn: develop, take root, grow, incubate, emerge …   Thesaurus of popular words

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