vegetate
/ˈvɛdʒəteɪt/
verb
- To live or spend time in a dull, inactive way, without much mental or physical effort.
- After a long week at work, I just want to vegetate on the couch and watch TV.
- He spent the whole summer vegetating in front of the computer instead of going outside.
- Some people worry that too much screen time makes kids vegetate instead of playing.
- (of a plant) to grow or develop, especially in a simple or passive way.
- In the spring, the garden begins to vegetate again after the cold winter.
- The moss vegetates quietly on the shady side of the old stone wall.
- Algae vegetate in ponds where the water is still and warm.