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stagnate

('st/&/gn/eI/t )

stand still(verb.stative)

Example:
Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy.

source: wordnet30
cause to stagnate(verb.stative)

Example:
There are marshes that stagnate the waters.

source: wordnet30
cease to flow; stand without moving(verb.stative)

Example:
Blood stagnates in the capillaries.

source: wordnet30
be idle; exist in a changeless situation(verb.social)

Example:
The old man sat and stagnated on his porch.

Synonym:
idle, laze, slug
Antonym:
work

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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