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1. (v.i.) stagnate
to cease to run or flow, as water or air.
2. stagnate
to become stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water.
3. stagnate
to stop developing or progressing.
4. stagnate
to become sluggish and dull.
Etymology: (1660–70; < L stāgnātus, ptp. of stāgnāre, der. of stāgnum pool of standing water; see -ate1)
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| Definition of 'stagnate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) stagnate
stand still
"Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
2. (verb) stagnate
cause to stagnate
"There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
3. (verb) stagnate
cease to flow; stand without moving
"Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
4. (verb) idle, laze, slug, stagnate
be idle; exist in a changeless situation
"The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) stagnate
stagnant
2. (verb) stagnate
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
3. (verb) stagnate
to cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates
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Sense: (of water) to be or become stagnant.
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 Afrikaans: stagneer |
 Arabic: يَرْكُد |
 Bulgarian: застоявам (се) |
 Brazilian: estagnar |
 Czech: neproudit |
 German: stocken |
 Danish: stå stille |
 Greek: λιμνάζω |
 Estonian: (seismisest) roiskuma |
 Farsi: راكد بودن |
 Finnish: seisahtua |
 French: stagner |
 Hebrew: לַעֲמוֹד |
 Hindi: थम जाना |
 Croatian: biti ustajao, ne otjecati |
 Hungarian: (el)posványosodik |
 Indonesian: berhenti |
 Icelandic: verða fúll |
 Italian: stagnare, ristagnare |
 Japanese: よどむ |
 Korean: 괴어있다 |
 Lithuanian: (užsi)stovėti |
 Latvian: sastāvēties |
 Malay: terhenti |
 Dutch: stagneren |
 Norwegian: være stillestående, stagn |
 Polish: stać, nie płynąć |
 Portuguese: estagnar |
 Romanian: a stagna |
 Russian: застаиваться |
 Slovak: prestať tiecť, zastaviť s |
 Slovenian: zastajati |
 Serbian: ustajati se |
 Swedish: vara (göra) stillastående |
 Thai: นิ่ง |
 Turkish: durgunlaşmak |
 Taiwanese: 使停滯 |
 Ukrainian: застоюватися |
 Urdu: ساکن یا جامد ہونا |
 Vietnamese: làm tù đọng |
 Chinese: 使停滞 |
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