germinate

/'dʤə:mineit/

Thân thiện

The gardener watches the seeds germinate in the small pots.

Definition

1. Verb (Intransitive):

   • To begin to grow or sprout, especially from a seed or spore: This describes the process by which a plant starts its development, typically after a period of dormancy.
   • To come into existence; to begin to develop: Used metaphorically for ideas, plans, or feelings starting to form.

2. Verb (Transitive):

   • To cause to sprout or develop: To initiate the growth process in a seed, spore, or idea.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb:

  • The seeds will germinate in warm, moist soil.
  • A new idea began to germinate in her mind after the lecture.

• Transitive Verb:

  • The right conditions of light and water germinate these spores.
  • The teacher's comment germinated a sense of curiosity in the student.

Advanced Usage

• "To germinate into": To develop into something more complex or mature.
  • That simple thought germinated into a full-fledged business plan.
• In a figurative or abstract sense, often used with words like , , , or .
  • A seed of distrust had been germinating for months.

Variants and Related Words

• Germination (n): The process or act of germinating.
  • The germination of these seeds takes about a week.
• Germinative (adj): Having the ability to germinate or grow; relating to germination.
  • The germinative power of the seed stock was high.

Synonyms

• Sprout: To begin to grow; to put out shoots.
• Bud: To produce or form a bud.
• Develop: To grow or cause to grow and become more mature.
• Emerge: To come into existence or become visible.

Phrasal Verbs / Common Collocations

• Germinate from: To originate or start from a specific source.
  • This movement germinated from a small community meeting.
• Germinate within: To begin developing internally.
  • The concept had been germinating within the research team for years.

Related Idioms

• To fall on fertile ground and germinate: Used for an idea that is received well and begins to develop. (Note: This is a descriptive phrase, not a fixed idiom containing the word "germinate").
  • His proposal fell on fertile ground and quickly germinated into action.

Học thuật

Verb

1. cause to grow or sprout
   • the plentiful rain germinated my plants
2. work out
   • We have developed a new theory of evolution
3. produce buds, branches, or germinate
   • the potatoes sprouted

Từ đồng nghĩa

• evolve
• develop
• shoot
• spud
• pullulate
• bourgeon
• burgeon forth
• sprout