stagnate
Verbs
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(v) stand still
- Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
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(v) cause to stagnate
- There are marshes that stagnate the waters
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(v) cease to flow; stand without moving
- Stagnating waters
- blood stagnates in the capillaries
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(v) be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
- He slugged in bed all morning