vegetate
verb
[ ˈvɛdʒɪteɪt ]
• live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
• "if she left him alone, he'd sit in front of the television and vegetate"
Similar:
do nothing,
idle,
be inactive,
languish,
laze (about),
laze (around),
lounge (about),
lounge (around),
loll (about),
loll (around),
loaf (about),
loaf (around),
slouch (about),
slouch (around),
go to seed,
degenerate,
moulder,
stagnate,
hang around,
hang about,
hang round,
veg out,
mooch about,
mooch around,
slummock,
bum around,
bat around,
lollygag,
• (of a plant or seed) grow; sprout.
• "he advised that seeds be sent in a vegetating condition"
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin vegetat- ‘enlivened’, from the verb vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’.
