Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause to sprout or grow.
- intransitive verb To begin to sprout or grow.
- intransitive verb To come into existence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To act as a germ; begin to undergo development toward a more complete form or state; form or be formed into an embryo, as an impregnated ovum.
- Specifically, to sprout; bud; shoot; begin to vegetate or grow, as a plant or its seed.
- To cause to sprout; put forth; produce.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cause to sprout.
- intransitive verb To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
sprout orproduce buds . - verb To
cause togrow .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb work out
- verb cause to grow or sprout
- verb produce buds, branches, or germinate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hope it makes seeds that will germinate, that is step one.
Capturing A Blooming Daylily Hill-Without A Net « Fairegarden 2009
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Although the exemption extends through June, growers planning to use Prowl H2O on pastures and hay meadows should plan to get it applied before sandburs begin to germinate, which is likely to occur by early April.
unknown title 2009
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Some spores may take up to 60 days to germinate, meaning to actually release some of the toxins that cause the symptoms.
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These so-called arthrospores have never been observed to "germinate," nor is their resistance very marked, as they fail to initiate new cultures, after having been exposed to a temperature of 80° C. for ten minutes.
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By the way something, I like that the scientists tried to "germinate" the seeds found in the cache.
Ice Station Tango 2008
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"My work was to find out how long it took different kinds of seeds to germinate, that is sprout.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw
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You could buy some here and try to germinate the seeds and plant them.
Lemon Tree 2009
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Says Boulais: "Lettuce doesn't like to germinate in temperatures above 85 degrees, so if you have a shady spot, plant it there or plant it behind taller plants."
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You could buy some here and try to germinate the seeds and plant them.
Lemon Tree 2009
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I'm thinking of the type of gardener that grows some rare Zimbawbian passion flower that takes 18 months to germinate, and then only blooms for 1 hour before it expires.
Archive 2009-03-01 Sarah Lenz 2009
Kristianto2010 commented on the word germinate
It takes some time for mushroom spores to germinate, whereas other fungi such as green moulds germinate and spread much faster.
January 24, 2011