» stagnate
Verb (4 meanings)
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:
- dead, stagnant (adjective) - not circulating or flowing
- stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums (noun) - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
- stagnation, stagnancy (noun) - inactivity of liquids
Verb group:
- to stagnate (verb) - cease to flow
3. cease to flow; stand without moving.
to stagnate
Examples:
- “Stagnating waters”,
- “blood stagnates in the capillaries”
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 bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about (verb) - be lazy or idle
- to daydream, moon (verb) - have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake
- to lie about, lie around (verb) - hang around idly
- to moon, moon around, moon on (verb) - be idle in a listless or dreamy way
- to ride the bench, warm the bench (verb) - be out of the game