Found 3 items, similar to Stagnate.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: stagnate mandek
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stagnate stagnate v 1: stand still; “Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy” 2: cause to stagnate; “There are marshes that stagnate the waters” 3: cease to flow; stand without moving; “Stagnating waters”; “blood stagnates in the capillaries” 4: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; “The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”; “He slugged in bed all morning” [syn: idle, laze, slug] [ant: work]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stagnate Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. Stagnant. [Obs.] “A stagnate mass of vapors.” --Young. [1913 Webster] Stagnate \Stag"nate\ (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stagnated (-n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating.] [L. stagnatus, p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool, and cf. Stanch, v. t.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. [1913 Webster] Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]