Stagnate - Definition

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, stagnate] [ant: work]