germinate as a verb: - 1
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germinate
verb
1 germinate
Produce buds, branches, or germinate.
synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud.
Roget 194:
become larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
widen,
enlarge,
extend,
grow,
increase,
incrassate†,
swell,
gather;
fill out;
deploy,
take open order,
dilate,
stretch,
distend,
spread;
mantle,
wax;
grow up,
spring up;
bud,
bourgeon [Fr.],
shoot,
sprout,
germinate,
put forth,
vegetate,
pullulate,
open,
burst forth;
gain flesh,
gather flesh;
outgrow;
spread like wildfire,
overrun.
be larger than;
surpass
etc.
(be superior)
33.
render larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
spread,
extend,
aggrandize,
distend,
develop,
amplify,
spread out,
widen,
magnify,
rarefy,
inflate,
puff,
blow up,
stuff,
pad,
cram;
exaggerate;
fatten.
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Dutch: botten, kiemen, ontkiemen, punten, schieten, uitbotten, uitlopen, uitschieten
2 germinate
3 germinate
Moby thesaurus: blossom, brew, bud, burgeon, burst forth, develop, flourish, gather, gemmate, grow, grow rank, grow up, hypertrophy, increase, leaf, leaf out, leave, luxuriate, mature, mushroom, outgrow, overdevelop, overgrow, overrun, overtop, procreate, pullulate, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, reproduce, riot, root, shoot, shoot up, spring up, sprout, sprout up, strike root, take root, thrive, tower, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax ... show more.
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