- to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
- to be passive or unthinking; to do nothing: to lie on the beach and vegetate.
- to grow, or increase by growth, as an excrescence.
- to grow like a plant; sprout
- to lead a life characterized by monotony, passivity, or mental inactivity
- (of a wart, polyp, etc) to develop fleshy outgrowths
