Definition of germinates Germinates
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What does germinates mean?
Part of speech
🔤- germinates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of germinate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants" | ||
| grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
| germinate - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" | ||
| shoot, spud, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout | ||
| grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
| germinate - work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution" | ||
| evolve, develop | ||
| create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- germinate (v. i.)
To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. - germinate (v. t.)
To cause to sprout.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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germinate
jėrm′in-āt, v.i. to spring from a germ: to begin to grow.—v.t. to produce.—adj. Germ′inant, sprouting: sending forth germs or buds.—n. Germinā′tion.—adj. Germ′inative. [L. germināre, -ātum—germen, a bud.]
Part of speech
🔤- germinate, verb, present, 1st person singular of germinate (infinitive).
- germinate, verb (infinitive).
