Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: vegetative
IPA transcription: [v,ɛdʒət'eɪtɪv]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: vegetal, vegetative
    Meaning: (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
  • Synonyms: vegetative
    Meaning: relating to involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation"
  • Synonyms: vegetal, vegetational, vegetative
    Meaning: composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"
  • Synonyms: vegetative, vegetive
    Meaning: of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle"
Usage examples
  • But all the powers of the vegetative part are active; yet they are the lowest among the powers of the soul.
  • Now the intellect is a passive power in regard to the whole universal being: while the vegetative power is active in regard to some particular thing, namely, the body as united to the soul.
  • And the higher we advance in the nobility of forms, the more we find that the power of the form excels the elementary matter; as the vegetative soul excels the form of the metal, and the sensitive soul excels the vegetative soul.