stagnate

stag·nate

S0696200 (stăg′nāt′)intr.v. stag·nat·ed, stag·nat·ing, stag·nates To be or become stagnant.

[Latin stāgnāre, stāgnāt-, from stāgnum, swamp.]

stag·na′tion n.

stagnate

(stæɡˈneɪt; ˈstæɡˌneɪt) vb (intr) to be or to become stagnant stagˈnation n

stag•nate

(ˈstæg neɪt)

v.i. -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 1. to cease to run or flow, as water or air. 2. to become stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water. 3. to stop developing or progressing. 4. to become sluggish and dull. [1660–70; < Latin stāgnātus, past participle of stāgnāre, derivative of stāgnum pool of standing water; see -ate¹] stag•na′tion, n.

stagnate

Past participle: stagnated
Gerund: stagnating

Imperative
stagnate
stagnate

Present
I stagnate
you stagnate
he/she/it stagnates
we stagnate
you stagnate
they stagnate

Preterite
I stagnated
you stagnated
he/she/it stagnated
we stagnated
you stagnated
they stagnated

Present Continuous
I am stagnating
you are stagnating
he/she/it is stagnating
we are stagnating
you are stagnating
they are stagnating

Present Perfect
I have stagnated
you have stagnated
he/she/it has stagnated
we have stagnated
you have stagnated
they have stagnated

Past Continuous
I was stagnating
you were stagnating
he/she/it was stagnating
we were stagnating
you were stagnating
they were stagnating

Past Perfect
I had stagnated
you had stagnated
he/she/it had stagnated
we had stagnated
you had stagnated
they had stagnated

Future
I will stagnate
you will stagnate
he/she/it will stagnate
we will stagnate
you will stagnate
they will stagnate

Future Perfect
I will have stagnated
you will have stagnated
he/she/it will have stagnated
we will have stagnated
you will have stagnated
they will have stagnated

Future Continuous
I will be stagnating
you will be stagnating
he/she/it will be stagnating
we will be stagnating
you will be stagnating
they will be stagnating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stagnating
you have been stagnating
he/she/it has been stagnating
we have been stagnating
you have been stagnating
they have been stagnating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been stagnating
you will have been stagnating
he/she/it will have been stagnating
we will have been stagnating
you will have been stagnating
they will have been stagnating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been stagnating
you had been stagnating
he/she/it had been stagnating
we had been stagnating
you had been stagnating
they had been stagnating

Conditional
I would stagnate
you would stagnate
he/she/it would stagnate
we would stagnate
you would stagnate
they would stagnate

Past Conditional
I would have stagnated
you would have stagnated
he/she/it would have stagnated
we would have stagnated
you would have stagnated
they would have stagnated

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, idlemoon around, moon on, moon - be idle in a listless or dreamy wayride 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"

stagnate

verb1. 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

使不活泼使停滞使迟钝

stagnant

(ˈstӕgnənt) adjective1. (of water) standing still rather than flowing and therefore usually dirty. a stagnant pool. 停滞（污浊）的 2. dull or inactive. Our economy is stagnant. 迟钝的，不活泼的 stagnate (stӕgˈneit) , ((American) ˈstӕgneit) verb1. (of water) to be or become stagnant. 使停滞2. to become dull and inactive. 使迟钝（不活泼） stagˈnation noun停滞

stagnate

Related to stagnate: stagnant, thesaurus, Stagnant water

verb

Synonyms for stagnate

verb vegetate

Synonyms

vegetate
decline
deteriorate
rot
decay
idle
rust
languish
stand still
fester
go to seed
lie fallow

verb fester

Synonyms

fester
become stale
become stagnant
become trapped
putrefy
stop flowing
become foul

Synonyms for stagnate

verb stand still

Related Words

verb cause to stagnate

Related Words

change
stagnate

verb cease to flow

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be
stagnate

verb be idle

Synonyms

laze
slug
idle

Related Words

moon around
moon on
moon
ride the bench
warm the bench
daydream
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
lie about
lie around