Crossword-Solution: GERMINATE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Germinate | v. i. | To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. |
| Germinate | v. t. | To cause to sprout. |
We have 27 clues for the answer “GERMINATE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Start developing | 1 answer |
| Develop into a plant, as a seed | 1 answer |
| Start to grow | 3 answers |
| Take root | 3 answers |
| BE many | 7 answers |
| BE fruitful | 8 answers |
| give birth | 9 answers |
| CAUSE TO GROW OR SPROUT | 11 answers |
| Sprout | 24 answers |
| dilate | 29 answers |
| Become | 30 answers |
| BEGIN to grow | 31 answers |
| Soar | 35 answers |
| Wax | 40 answers |
| burgeon | 40 answers |
| fill out | 40 answers |
| Arise | 45 answers |
| BALLOON ___ | 46 answers |
| Evolve | 54 answers |
| thrive | 56 answers |
| Swarm | 57 answers |
| Expand | 59 answers |
| Develop | 64 answers |
| bloom | 66 answers |
| Fatten | 66 answers |
| Start | 74 answers |
| Begin | 80 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GERMINATE (5)
The story of the long struggle in all its salient features flashed through her mind; and she understood that it is not the sword alone that gives liberty--that there must be patience before courage; that great ideas must germinate for years in the hearts of men before the sword can reap the harvest.
The method in use for this purpose in Providence (and probably elsewhere, as ideas usually germinate in more than one place at once) is a threefold _giving back_ of the story by the children.
When we speak disparagingly of “feverish fancies,” surely the fever‐process as such is not the ground of our disesteem—for aught we know to the contrary, 103° or 104° Fahrenheit might be a much more favorable temperature for truths to germinate and sprout in, than the more ordinary blood‐heat of 97 or 98 degrees.
Most poets, probably, like most saints, are prepared for their mission by an initial segregation, as the seed is buried to germinate: before they can utter the oracle of poetry, they must first be divided from the body of men.
Having by degrees learned to esteem and care for his wife, the time that his happiness had taken to germinate was to Joseph Lebas a guarantee of its durability.
Quotes with GERMINATE (3)
There are situations in life which are beyond one. The sensible man realizes this, and slides out of such situations, admitting himself beaten. Others try to grapple with them, but it never does any good. When affairs get in a real tangle, it is best to sit still and let them straighten themselves out. Or, if one does not do that, simply to think no more about them. This is Philosophy. The true philosopher is the man who says "All right," and goes to sleep in his arm-chair. O…
I don’t want to freeze my eggs. I don’t want to visit a sperm bank. I don’t want to be a single parent, if I have any choice in the matter. I want a nuclear family. I want to put down roots, to let my seeds germinate, to watch them bloom and flourish. Not one day, if and when I ever fall in love again, but now. While I still have my youth, damn it.
Manifesting from self-Affirmations are like planting seeds in the ground. First, the seeds germinate. Then they sprout roots, and then they poke their flower chutes through the ground, showing the world that they are about to blossom and displaying to themselves the ability to break through resistance once the foundation, or the roots have been strengthened.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, NYT.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (2001–2013).