Present participle of germ used as a verb; the process of beginning to form or develop like a germ or bud.
From germ (a microorganism or the beginning of something) with the verbal -ing suffix, creating an informal verb meaning to sprout or begin.
Germing ideas is how startups begin—the 'germ' of an idea literally germinates into a full business, using the same biological metaphor that makes this word so conceptually rich.
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