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to vegetate

to vegetate

1 6.0
To become covered with plants like grass or trees
  • verb
  • /ˈvɛdʒɪˌteɪt/
translation icon : vegetar
  • The community worked together to vegetate the barren land with native plants.
  • vegetated habitats
  • vegetated roof
  • vegetated areas

Examples

  • Conversely, vegetated estuarine habitats have long been recognized for their important ecosystem services (Thayer et al. 1978).

    Academic text (2012)
  • The district covers an area of 8,810 km², of which 2,860 km² are vegetated.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The design of restoration sites as experiments can simultaneously vegetate the site and improve knowledge.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Permeability values were generally higher in more highly vegetated land-cover types.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Productivity of vegetated habitats often exceeds that of adjacent areas.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Since 1945, 17% of the planet's vegetated surface has been irreversibly degraded.

  • Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania), for example, began its vegetated roof program by retrofitting a small storage building.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Although the channel is actively eroding, most of the impounded sediments remain vegetated in place in the riparian zone.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The predominantly fiat, paved trail traveled along a highly vegetated route and afforded occasional views of the adjacent creek.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Finally, the ideal geographic environment is one that is arid to semiarid, wherein ground surfaces are sparsely vegetated.

    Academic text (2000)

How Vegetated

to grow
801 1.0
to vegetate
1 6.0

Surface Forms

vegetate infinitive
vegetated past
vegetated past participle
vegetating present participle
vegetates third person singular

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.