germinate   (Sound)

The verb germinate has 3 senses

• shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout -- (produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted")


• evolve, germinate, develop -- (work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution")


• germinate -- (cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants")