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1. (v.i.) germinate
to begin to grow or develop.
2. germinate
to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb.
3. germinate
to put forth shoots; sprout.
4. germinate
to come into existence; begin.
5. (v.t.) germinate
to cause to sprout.
6. germinate
to cause to come into existence.
Etymology: (1600–10; < L germinātus, ptp. of germināre to sprout, bud, der. of germen; see germ)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
produce buds, branches, or germinate
"the potatoes sprouted"
2. (verb) evolve, germinate, develop
work out
"We have developed a new theory of evolution"
3. (verb) germinate
cause to grow or sprout
"the plentiful rain germinated my plants"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) germinate
to sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ
2. (verb) germinate
to cause to sprout
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Sense: to (cause eg a seed to) begin to grow.
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 Afrikaans: ontkiem |
 Arabic: يُنْبِت |
 Bulgarian: покълвам |
 Brazilian: germinar |
 Czech: klíčit |
 German: keimen |
 Danish: spire |
 Greek: βλαστάνω, φυτρώνω |
 Spanish: germinar |
 Estonian: idandama, idanema |
 Farsi: شکفتن |
 Finnish: itää |
 French: (faire) germer |
 Hebrew: לנבוט |
 Hindi: उगना, अंकुरित होना |
 Croatian: proklijati |
 Hungarian: csíráztat |
 Indonesian: menyemaikan |
 Icelandic: spíra |
 Italian: germinare, far germinare |
 Japanese: 発芽する |
 Korean: 발아하다 |
 Lithuanian: dygti, daiginti |
 Latvian: dīgt; rasties |
 Malay: bercambah |
 Dutch: (doen) |
 Norwegian: spire (fram) |
 Polish: kiełkować, doprowadzić do |
 Persian: شکفتن |
 Pashto: راشين كېدل، ټوكېدل، نښ وه |
 Portuguese: germinar |
 Romanian: a germina |
 Russian: прорастать |
 Slovak: klíčiť |
 Slovenian: kliti |
 Serbian: klijati |
 Swedish: [få att] gro (spira) |
 Thai: เริ่มเจริญเติบโต |
 Turkish: filizlenmek, gelişmeye ba |
 Taiwanese: (使)萌芽 |
 Ukrainian: проростати |
 Urdu: کونپل نکلنا |
 Vietnamese: nảy mầm |
 Chinese: 使发芽 |
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