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What does vegetate mean?

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Verb
  1. (of a plant) To grow or sprout.
  2. (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.
  3. (informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
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I'm going to vegetate tonight, and then tomorrow I shall transform myself into a super efficient research machine.
I work long days, and then tend to vegetate when I'm not working, so I'm always at one of extremes, activity-wise.
They vegetate in this condition for a long time, and may still be found there in May.
Humanity is content to vegetate, much after the fashion of a race of moles.
Why vegetate in stale conditions, when you can drench in glorious sunlight?
As a result of continuing battles, supplies of food to the camps are interrupted, and refugees are left to vegetate in terrible conditions.

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