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Stagnate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Stagnate has 4 senses
- stagnate(v = verb.stative) Array - stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" is one way to be
- stagnate(v = verb.stative) Array - cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" is one way to change
- stagnate(v = verb.stative) Array - cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" is one way to be
- stagnate(v = verb.social) idle, laze, slug - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" Derived forms noun stagnancy2, noun stagnation1
Derived forms adjective stagnant2, noun stagnation1
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Derived forms noun stagnancy1, adjective stagnant1, noun stagnation1, noun stagnation2
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Derived forms noun stagnancy1, adjective stagnant1, noun stagnation2
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Stagnate, v. i. [L. stagnatus, p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool, and cf. Stanch, v. t. ].
- To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room. [1913 Webster]
- To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. [1913 Webster]"Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope." [1913 Webster]
Stagnate, a.
Stagnant. Young. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
Stagnate
be a sideliner, be still, coast, constipate, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, delay, deteriorate, do nothing, drift, fust, go to pot, go to seed, hang fire, hibernate, idle, just be, languish, lie dormant, merely exist, moulder, not budge, not stir, pass the time, rest, rot, rust, sit back, sit it out, sleep, slumber, smolder, spoil, stifle, trammel, vegetate, wait and see, watch and waitROGET THESAURUS
Stagnate
Quiescence
VB be quiescent, stand still, lie still, keep quiet, repose, hold the breath, remain, stay, stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time, bring to, heave to, lay to, pull up, draw up, hold, halt, stop, stop short, rest, pause, anchor, cast to an anchor, come to an anchor, rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels, take breath, stop, stagnate, quieta non movere, let alone, abide, rest and be thankful, keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed, dwell, settle, alight, stick, stick fast, stand like a post, not stir a peg, not stir a step, be at a stand, quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.
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