stagnate
(verb)
verb
1. stand still
- Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
Definition categories: stative, be
2. cause to stagnate
- There are marshes that stagnate the waters
Definition categories: stative, change
3. cease to flow; stand without moving
- Stagnating waters
- blood stagnates in the capillaries
Definition categories: stative, be
4. be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
Similar word(s): idle, laze, slug
Definition categories: social
Sentences with stagnate as a verb:
- If the water stagnates, algae will grow.
- Air stagnates in a closed room.