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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: veejay - vegetate</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="veejay"> veejay, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) video jockey. </DL> <A NAME="veena"> veena, noun. =vina (1).</DL> <A NAME="veep"> Veep, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) the Vice-President of the United States. </DL> <A NAME="veep"> veep, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a vice-president. </DL> <A NAME="veer"> veer (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to change in direction; shift; turn. Ex. The wind veered to the south. The talk veered to ghosts. <DD> 2. (Nautical.) <DD> a. to change course, especially to turn the head away from the wind. <DD> b. to alter course by swinging the stern to windward so as to sail another tack. <DD>v.t. to turn (something); change the direction of. Ex. We veered our boat. <DD>noun a change of direction; shift; turn. Ex. The car made a sudden veer to the left. (SYN) deviation. </DL> <A NAME="veer"> veer (2), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. to let out (any line or rope); allow to run out gradually. <DD> b. to let out or pay out (a cable). <DD> 2. to allow (as a boat or buoy) to drift away or out by letting out line attached to it. </DL> <A NAME="veering"> veering, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the act or fact of changing course or direction. Ex. the veering of his opinions from day to day kept his supporters in a dither. <DD>adj. vacillating; variable; changeful. adv. veeringly. </DL> <A NAME="veery"> veery, noun, pl. veeries.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thrush of northeastern North America with tawny head, back, and tail and a faintly spotted white breast; Wilson's thrush; tawny thrush. </DL> <A NAME="veg"> veg, noun, verb, vegged, vegging.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun (Especially British Informal.) vegetable or vegetables. Ex. meat with two watery veg and currant roll (Manchester Guardian). <DD>v.i. veg out. to relax and engage in little activity or thought. Ex. This summer I would have gone home and vegged out, gotten a mall job (Deborah Cousins). </DL> <A NAME="vega"> Vega, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bluish-white star, the brightest star in the constellation Lyra and in the summer sky. </DL> <A NAME="vegan"> vegan, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <DD>noun a strict vegetarian. Ex. The true ... vegan excludes all animal protein from his diet, and he may even forego articles of clothing and household equipment of animal origin (New Scientist). <DD>adj. strictly vegetarian. Ex. It is difficult for a vegan diet not to result in deficiencies (J. G. Sutherland). </DL> <A NAME="vegetable"> vegetable, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a plant whose fruit, seeds, shoots or stems, leaves, roots, or other parts are used for food. Peas, corn, lettuce, tomatoes, and beets are vegetables. <DD> 2. the part of such a plant which is used for food. <DD> 3. any plant; living organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) a person who lives a vegetative existence; dull, passive person. Ex. It describes particularly the mental deprivations intended to turn intelligent men into vegetables (Manchester Guardian Weekly). <DD>adj. 1. of plants; having something to do with plants. Ex. vegetable substances, vegetable life, the vegetable kingdom. <DD> 2. of or made from vegetables. Ex. vegetable soup, a vegetable dinner. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) like that of a vegetable; uneventful; dull. Ex. a vegetable existence. <DD> 4. living and growing in the manner of a plant or organism having the lowest form of life; vegetative. </DL> <A NAME="vegetablebeefsteak"> vegetable beefsteak, =liver fungus.</DL> <A NAME="vegetablebutter"> vegetable butter,<DL COMPACT><DD> a fixed vegetable oil, solid at ordinary temperatures. </DL> <A NAME="vegetablefat"> vegetable fat,<DL COMPACT><DD> fat derived from vegetables or vegetable oils. Ex. The main sources of edible oils and fats are vegetable fats (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="vegetableivory"> vegetable ivory,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the hard endosperm or albumen of the ivory nut, resembling ivory in hardness, color, and texture, used especially for ornamental work and buttons. <DD> 2. the hard brown shell of the coquilla nut, used similarly. </DL> <A NAME="vegetablekingdom"> vegetable kingdom, =plant kingdom.</DL> <A NAME="vegetablelamb"> vegetable lamb, =tartarian lamb.</DL> <A NAME="vegetablemarrow"> vegetable marrow,<DL COMPACT><DD> an oblong squash with a green skin that turns light yellow, used especially in Great Britain as a vegetable; marrow. </DL> <A NAME="vegetableoil"> vegetable oil,<DL COMPACT><DD> any oil obtained from the fruit or seeds of plants, such as olive oil, peanut oil, corn oil, and linseed oil, used in cooking, medicines, and paints, and for lubrication. Ex. Sunflower seed production is being boosted to provide more vegetable oil (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="vegetableoyster"> vegetable oyster,<DL COMPACT><DD> a vegetable with a root that tastes somewhat like an oyster; salsify. </DL> <A NAME="vegetableparchment"> vegetable parchment, =parchment paper.</DL> <A NAME="vegetablesilk"> vegetable silk,<DL COMPACT><DD> a cottonlike fiber borne on the seeds of a Brazilian tree of the bombax family, used especially for stuffing cushions. </DL> <A NAME="vegetabletallow"> vegetable tallow,<DL COMPACT><DD> a fatty substance obtained from various plants, used in making candles, soap, and lubricants. </DL> <A NAME="vegetablewax"> vegetable wax,<DL COMPACT><DD> a wax or waxlike substance obtained from plants or vegetable growths. </DL> <A NAME="vegetablize"> vegetablize, verb, -blized, -blizing.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to be or live like a vegetable; lead a monotonous existence; vegetate. <DD>v.t. to convert to a vegetable substance. </DL> <A NAME="vegetably"> vegetably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in the manner of a vegetable or plant. </DL> <A NAME="vegetal"> vegetal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of, like, or derived from plants or vegetables. <DD> 2. of or having to do with the vegetable kingdom. <DD> 3a. characterized by, exhibiting, or producing plant life and growth. <DD> b. (Obsolete, Figurative.) insensible; insensitive. Ex. All creatures, vegetal, sensible, and rational (Robert Burton). </DL> <A NAME="vegetality"> vegetality, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> vegetable character or quality. </DL> <A NAME="vegetalpole"> vegetal pole, =vegetative pole.</DL> <A NAME="vegetant"> vegetant, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. giving life and vigor; invigorating. <DD> 2. vegetating; vegetable; vegetal. </DL> <A NAME="vegetarian"> vegetarian, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a person who eats only vegetable foods and refrains from eating meat, fish, or some other animal products, especially one who does so on the basis of principle. Ex. Most vegetarians exclude meat from their diet, but eat butter, cheese, eggs, and milk (Willard J. Jacobson). <DD>adj. 1. eating vegetables but no meat. <DD> 2. devoted to or advocating vegetarianism. <DD> 3. living on vegetables. Ex. For the prospective breeder, chinchillas have many advantages; they are very friendly, odourless, and entirely vegetarian (New Scientist). <DD> 4. containing no meat. Ex. a vegetarian diet. <DD> 5. serving no meat. Ex. a vegetarian restaurant. </DL> <A NAME="vegetarianism"> vegetarianism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of eating only vegetables and refraining from eating meat, fish, or other animal products. Ex. Vegetarianism is a basic tenet of Hinduism which influences health (Carl E. Taylor). </DL> <A NAME="vegetate"> vegetate, intransitive verb, -tated, -tating.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to grow or develop as plants do. Ex. One really lives nowhere; one does but vegetate (Fanny Burney). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to live with very little action, thought, or feeling; exist without material or intellectual achievement. (SYN) loaf, stagnate. <DD> 3. (Pathology.) to grow or increase in size abnormally. </DL> <A NAME="vegetated"> vegetated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> provided with vegetation or plant life. </DL> <A HREF="vegetati.dic">NEXT</A>