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.