About The Word Stagnate
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Stagnate
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What's The Definition Of Stagnate?
[v] be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
[v] cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" [v] cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" [v] stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" Synonyms | Synonyms for Stagnate: idle | laze | slug Related Terms | Find terms related to Stagnate: See Also | arse about | arse around | be | bum about | bum around | change | daydream | frig around | fuck off | lie about | lie around | loaf | loll | loll around | lounge about | lounge around | moon | moon around | moon on | ride the bench | warm the bench | waste one's time Stagnate In Webster's Dictionary \Stag"nate\ (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Stagnated}; 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.
2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or
inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in
vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.
--Sir W.
Scott.
\Stag"nate\, a. Stagnant. [Obs.] ``A stagnate mass of vapors.'' --Young. |
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