- present participle of germinate.
germinating
Example Sentences
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And while the concept for the memorial is still germinating, Nina has already pinned down the title.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Deadwood-decomposing fungi feed germinating orchids, providing the carbon their tiny seeds don't have.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025
“I’m very interested in committing myself to helping raw milk emerge as a constructive, high standards, healthy, wonderful, germinating, delicious food.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
In a final step, the researchers used a chemical process to confirm whether the excreted seeds were capable of germinating.
From Science Magazine ● May 8, 2024
I put the drawing of the man with the germinating brain in my room on the wall where I can see it when I roll over.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
