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GERMINATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce buds, branches, or germinate

Example:

the potatoes sprouted

Synonyms:

bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "germinate" is one way to...):

grow (increase in size by natural process)

Verb group:

germinate (cause to grow or sprout)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

germ (a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism)

germination (the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to grow or sprout

Example:

the plentiful rain germinated my plants

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "germinate" is one way to...):

grow (cause to grow or develop)

Verb group:

bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud (produce buds, branches, or germinate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

germination (the origin of some development)

germination (the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Work out

Example:

We have developed a new theory of evolution

Synonyms:

develop; evolve; germinate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "germinate" is one way to...):

create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

Verb group:

develop (make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

germ (anything that provides inspiration for later work)

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