germinate
ger|mi|nate /dʒ'ɜːrmɪneɪt/ (germinates germinating germinated)
1 [VERB] V, V n
If a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it starts to grow.
Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so...
First, the researchers germinated the seeds.
● germination [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
The poor germination of your seed could be because the soil was too cold.
2 [VERB] V, also V into n
If an idea, plan, or feeling germinates, it comes into existence and begins to develop.
He wrote to Eliot about a `big book' that was germinating in his mind.
1 [VERB] V, V n
If a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it starts to grow.
Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so...
First, the researchers germinated the seeds.
● germination [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
The poor germination of your seed could be because the soil was too cold.
2 [VERB] V, also V into n
If an idea, plan, or feeling germinates, it comes into existence and begins to develop.
He wrote to Eliot about a `big book' that was germinating in his mind.