germ
/d͡ʒɝm/ verb C2- To germinate.
- To grow, as if parasitic.
He/she/it germs · Past germed · Past participle germed · -ing form germing
Verb forms
- Base form
- germ
- He/she/it
- germs
- Past
- germed
- Past participle
- germed
- -ing form
- germing
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Caderousse’s plans alarmed Andrea still more than his ideas; ideas were but the germ, the plan was reality.
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