Slumbering

Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumbered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Slumbering}.] [OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS.
   slumerian, fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to
   slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen, G. schlummern, Dan. slumre,
   Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent.]
   1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. --Piers
      Plowman.
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            He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor
            sleep.                                --Ps. cxxi. 4.
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   2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or
      inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope?" --Young.
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "slumbering":
      abeyant, apathetic, asleep, cataleptic, catatonic, comatose, dead,
      dead asleep, deep asleep, dopey, dormant, dull, fast asleep,
      flaked-out, flat, foul, groggy, heavy, in abeyance, in suspense,
      inactive, inert, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lifeless,
      logy, oblivious, out, passive, phlegmatic, sedentary, slack,
      sleeping, sluggish, smoldering, sound asleep, stagnant, standing,
      static, suspended, tame, torpid, unaroused, unconscious