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1 Vegetate
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2 прозябать
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3 растите
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4 жить растительной жизнью
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5 проторчать
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6 прозябать
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7 жить растительной жизнью
Русско-английский синонимический словарь > жить растительной жизнью
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8 прозябать в неизвестности
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9 прозябнуть в неизвестности
Новый русско-английский словарь > прозябнуть в неизвестности
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10 прозябать
vegetate, lead a dull / wretched / miserable life -
11 прозябать
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12 прозябать
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13 жить растительной жизнью
1) General subject: become a mere vegetable, exist vegetably without interests or friends, vegetate, exist vegetably without interests of friends (без интересов, без друзей)2) Bookish: vegetablizeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > жить растительной жизнью
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14 озеленять
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15 охранять зелёные насаждения
General subject: vegetateУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > охранять зелёные насаждения
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16 проводить время без особой активности (как растение)
General subject: vegetate ('we always think that we have to be achieving somthing but just vegetating for half of your free time could be more healthy')Универсальный русско-английский словарь > проводить время без особой активности (как растение)
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17 прозябать
General subject: become a mere vegetable, jogtrot, kennel, rust, vegetablize, vegetate, lead an aimless life, lead an uneventful life, trudge along -
18 прозябать в неизвестности
Makarov: vegetate in obscurityУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > прозябать в неизвестности
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19 произрастать
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20 разрастаться
См. также в других словарях:
Vegetate — Veg e*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vegetated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vegetating}.] [L. vegetatus, p. p. of vegetare to enliven. See {Vegetable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vegetate — [v1] be very passive be inert, decay, deteriorate, exist, go to pot*, go to seed*, hibernate, idle, languish, loaf*, pass time, stagnate, weaken; concepts 210,698 Ant. activate, carry out, do vegetate [v2] grow, sprout bloom, blossom, bud,… … New thesaurus
vegetate — [vej′ə tāt΄] vi. vegetated, vegetating [< L vegetatus, pp. of vegetare, to enliven < vegetus, lively < vegere, to quicken, WAKE1; VEGETATE senses 1 & 2 infl. by VEGETABLE] 1. to grow as plants 2. to exist with little mental and physical… … English World dictionary
vegetate — index germinate, languish, pullulate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
vegetate — (v.) c.1600, to grow as plants do, perhaps a back formation from VEGETATION (Cf. vegetation), or from L. vegetatus, pp. of vegetare to enliven, to animate (see VEGETABLE (Cf. vegetable) (adj.)). Sense of to lead a dull, empty, or stagnant life is … Etymology dictionary
vegetate — ► VERB 1) live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. 2) dated (of a plant or seed) grow or sprout. ORIGIN Latin vegetare enliven … English terms dictionary
vegetate — UK [ˈvedʒəteɪt] / US [ˈvedʒəˌteɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms vegetate : present tense I/you/we/they vegetate he/she/it vegetates present participle vegetating past tense vegetated past participle vegetated 1) to be lazy or not active 2)… … English dictionary
vegetate — /vej i tayt /, v.i., vegetated, vegetating. 1. to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant. 2. to be passive or unthinking; to do nothing: to lie on the beach and vegetate. 3. Pathol. to grow, or increase by growth, as an excrescence. [1595 1605; … Universalium
vegetate — veg|e|tate [ˈvedʒıteıt] v [I] [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: , past participle of vegetare; VEGETABLE] to live without doing much physical or mental activity and to feel bored as a result ▪ I was determined when I retired that I wasn … Dictionary of contemporary English
vegetate — v To do nothing. I don t feel like doing anything; I think I m going home and vegetate tonight. 1980s … Historical dictionary of American slang
vegetate v — Old gardeners never die they just vegetate … English expressions