Meaning & use

Vegetated

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Covered with plants or vegetation.

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The vegetated slope helped prevent soil erosion during heavy rains.

Engineers designed a vegetated roof to improve the building's insulation.

A note on using this word

Also used as the past tense of the verb 'vegetate,' meaning to live a dull, inactive life.

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overgrownverdant

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Another way to use it

2. verb

Lived a dull, passive, or inactive existence.

He vegetated in front of the television all weekend.

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