'Stagnate' definitions:
Definition of 'stagnate'
From: WordNet
verb
Stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
verb
Cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
verb
Cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
verb
Definition of 'Stagnate'
From: GCIDE
- Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stagnated (-n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating.] [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.]
- 1. 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]
- 2. 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. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stagnate'
From: GCIDE
- Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. Stagnant. [Obs.] "A stagnate mass of vapors." --Young. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stagnate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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 wait