'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
Be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" [syn: idle, laze, slug, stagnate] [ant: work]

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'

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Words containing 'Stagnate'