Synonyms:
idle, laze, slug, stagnate
Meaning: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
Synonyms:
stagnate
Meaning: cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
Synonyms:
stagnate
Meaning: cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
Synonyms:
stagnate
Meaning: stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
Usage examples
The ignorant peasant-women starve the children, and the people stagnate in darkness, and are helpless in the hands of every village clerk, while you have at your disposal a means of helping them, and don't help them because to your mind it's of no importance."