» stagnate

Words people most associate with “stagnate”:

  1. rot

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Verb (4 meanings)

1. stand still.

to stagnate

Example:
  • “Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy”
to stagnate is a way to:
  • to be (verb) - have the quality of being
to stagnate is derivationally related to:

2. cause to stagnate.

to stagnate

Example:
  • “There are marshes that stagnate the waters”
to stagnate is a way to:
  • to change (verb) - undergo a change
to stagnate is derivationally related to:
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3. cease to flow; stand without moving.

to stagnate

Examples:
  • “Stagnating waters”,
  • “blood stagnates in the capillaries”
to stagnate is a way to:
  • to be (verb) - have the quality of being
to stagnate is derivationally related to:
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4. be idle; exist in a changeless situation.

to idle, laze, slug, stagnate

Examples:
  • “The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”,
  • “He slugged in bed all morning”
to stagnate is the opposite of:
  • to work (verb) - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
ways to stagnate:
to stagnate is derivationally related to: