germinating
Meaning
of Germinate
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
We all of us carry the seed of evil in our hearts and souls ... Even the purest, even the most holy. It is part of the human condition, born in us. We cannot root it out. All that we can do - at best - is to prevent it from germinating.
To restrict the artist is a crime. It is to murder germinating life.
We must not inquire too curiously into motives... They are apt to become feeble in the utterance the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light.
Horticultural techniques have been devised for germinating orchid seeds on an artificial nutrient medium, eliminating the requirement of the fungus for germination and greatly aiding the propagation of ornamental orchids.
In the twenty-tens, as Trumpism was germinating on the right, a rival political movement was growing on the left, driven by young people.
Herbicides do not prevent weeds from germinating but they kill weeds as they grow through the herbicide treated zone by affecting the cell division in the emerging seedling.