to vegetate
- verb
- /ˈvɛdʒɪˌteɪt/
- The community worked together to vegetate the barren land with native plants.
- vegetated habitats
- vegetated roof
- vegetated areas
Examples
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Conversely, vegetated estuarine habitats have long been recognized for their important ecosystem services (Thayer et al. 1978).
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The district covers an area of 8,810 km², of which 2,860 km² are vegetated.
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The design of restoration sites as experiments can simultaneously vegetate the site and improve knowledge.
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Permeability values were generally higher in more highly vegetated land-cover types.
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Productivity of vegetated habitats often exceeds that of adjacent areas.
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Since 1945, 17% of the planet's vegetated surface has been irreversibly degraded.
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Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania), for example, began its vegetated roof program by retrofitting a small storage building.
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Although the channel is actively eroding, most of the impounded sediments remain vegetated in place in the riparian zone.
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The predominantly fiat, paved trail traveled along a highly vegetated route and afforded occasional views of the adjacent creek.
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Finally, the ideal geographic environment is one that is arid to semiarid, wherein ground surfaces are sparsely vegetated.
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How Vegetated
Surface Forms
Morphology
vegetate = vegetation (transparent) = veget + ate
The sense 'to produce vegetation / be planted' maps directly onto the base 'vegetation' with the verb-forming suffix '-ate'.
Etymology
Vegetate comes from the Latin vegetare, meaning 'to make lively', and connects with vegetation. That's why when land vegetates it becomes covered with plants and new life.