Dictionary

1. (

• stagnate ,

) stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" ;

2. (

• stagnate ,

) cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" ;

3. (

• stagnate

) cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" ;

4. (

• 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" ;