亚洲网紅露点

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germinate

[ jur-muh-neyt ]

verb (used without object)

germinated, germinating.
  1. to begin to grow or develop.
  2. Botany.
    1. to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb.
    2. to put forth shoots; sprout; pullulate.
  3. to come into existence; begin.


verb (used with object)

germinated, germinating.
  1. to cause to develop; produce.
  2. to cause to come into existence; create.

germinate

/ 藞诲萧蓽藧尘瑟藢苍别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to cause (seeds or spores) to sprout or (of seeds or spores) to sprout or form new tissue following increased metabolism
  2. to grow or cause to grow; develop
  3. to come or bring into existence; originate

    the idea germinated with me

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞驳别谤尘颈苍补产濒别, adjective
  • 藢驳别谤尘颈藞苍补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 藞驳别谤尘颈藢苍补迟辞谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 驳别谤路尘颈路苍补路产濒别 [jur, -m, uh, -n, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
  • 驳别谤顎卪颈路苍补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 驳别谤顎僲颈路苍补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍路驳别谤顎僲颈路苍补迟顎卛苍驳 adjective
  • 苍辞苍顎単别谤路尘颈路苍补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 谤别路驳别谤顎僲颈路苍补迟别顎 verb regerminated regerminating
  • 谤别顎単别谤路尘颈路苍补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 耻苍路驳别谤顎僲颈路苍补迟顎卐诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路驳别谤顎僲颈路苍补迟顎卛苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of germinate1

1600鈥10; < Latin 驳别谤尘颈苍腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 驳别谤尘颈苍腻谤别 to sprout, bud), equivalent to germin- ( germinal ) + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of germinate1

C17: from Latin 驳别谤尘颈苍腻谤别 to sprout; see germ
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The problem is, when you remove 6 inches of soil from a yard, you鈥檙e likely removing some or all of the top soil, where plants germinate and get the nutrients they need to grow.

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Boxes full of fresh onions in the courtyard have now germinated.

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鈥淚鈥檓 very interested in committing myself to helping raw milk emerge as a constructive, high standards, healthy, wonderful, germinating, delicious food.鈥

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Mr Biddulph said now they are "recognised as malting ovens, used to heat partially germinated grain to produce malt".

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When I was here in March covering Mr Gething鈥檚 victory, the seeds of his political demise were germinating before our eyes.

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