Stagnate

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  • intransitive verb. To be or become stagnant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Stagnant.
  • To cease to run or flow; be or become motionless; have no current.
  • To cease to be brisk or active; become dull, inactive, or inert: as, business stagnates.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To cease to flow; to be motionless; ; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion.
  • intransitive verb. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive.
  • adjective. Stagnant.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To cease motion, activity, or progress; to come to rest; to cease to advance or change; to become idle or cease to flow.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be idle; exist in a changeless situation
  • verb. stand still
  • verb. cause to stagnate
  • verb. cease to flow; stand without moving
    • Word Usage
    "If there's cement there and there's no communication that means we have what we call stagnate oil trapped around that casing up to the well head."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    be  change  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    arse about  arse around  bum  bum about  bum around  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    magnate  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Pullman  adate  banqueting  bibliomania  bitter-tasting  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    be a sideliner  be still  coast  constipate  decay  
    verb-form
    stagnated  stagnates  stagnating  
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