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stag·nate  (stgnt)

intr.v. stag·nat·ed, stag·nat·ing, stag·nates

To be or become stagnant.

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[Latin stgnre, stgnt-, from stgnum, swamp.]

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stag·nation n.

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stagnate [stægˈneɪt ˈstægˌneɪt]

vb

(intr) to be or to become stagnant

stagnation  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	stagnate - stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	2.	stagnate - cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" stagnate - cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
	3.	stagnate - cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" stagnate - cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
	4.	stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" laze, slug, idle moon around, moon on, moon - be idle in a listless or dreamy way ride the bench, warm the bench - be out of the game; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game" moon, daydream - have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming" bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, arse about, arse around, bum, loll - be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" lie about, lie around - hang around idly; "She did all the work while he lay around"

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stagnate

verb

1. vegetate, decline, deteriorate, rot, decay, idle, rust, languish, stand still, fester, go to seed, lie fallow His career had stagnated.

2. fester, become stale, become stagnant, become trapped, putrefy, stop flowing, become foul They do not like water gathering round their roots and stagnating.

Translations

stagnate [stægˈneɪt] VI

1. [water] → estancarse

2. (fig) [economy, market, industry] → estancarse; [society, person] → estancarse, anquilosarse

stagnate [stægˈneɪt] vi

[economy, production, career, person] → stagner

[water] → stagner

stagnate

vi (= not circulate) → stagnieren; (= become foul, water) → abstehen; (air) → verbraucht werden; (trade) → stagnieren, stocken; (person) → verdummen; (mind) → einrosten

stagnate [stægˈneɪt] vi (water) → stagnare (fig) (economy) → ristagnare; (person) → vegetare; (mind) → intorpidirsi