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STAGNATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be idle; exist in a changeless situation

Example:

He slugged in bed all morning

Synonyms:

idle; laze; slug; stagnate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stagnate"):

moon; moon around; moon on (be idle in a listless or dreamy way)

ride the bench; warm the bench (be out of the game)

daydream; moon (have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake)

arse about; arse around; bum; bum about; bum around; frig around; fuck off; loaf; loll; loll around; lounge about; lounge around; waste one's time (be lazy or idle)

lie about; lie around (hang around idly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

stagnancy; stagnation (a state of inactivity (in business or art etc))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cease to flow; stand without moving

Example:

blood stagnates in the capillaries

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "stagnate" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Verb group:

stagnate (cause to stagnate)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

stagnancy (inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation)

stagnant (not circulating or flowing)

stagnation (inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to stagnate

Example:

There are marshes that stagnate the waters

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "stagnate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

stagnate (cease to flow; stand without moving)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

stagnancy (inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation)

stagnant (not circulating or flowing)

stagnation (a state of inactivity (in business or art etc))

stagnation (inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Stand still

Example:

Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "stagnate" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

stagnant (not growing or changing; without force or vitality)

stagnation (a state of inactivity (in business or art etc))

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