stagnate (v.)

  1. stand still; Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy'

  2. cause to stagnate; There are marshes that stagnate the waters'

  3. cease to flow; stand without moving; Stagnating waters; blood stagnates in the capillaries'

  4. 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 ]

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