adj
Meaning 1
Stagnant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stagnate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈstæɡneɪt/
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rhymes with -æɡneɪt
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CMU ARPABET: S T AE1 G N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To cease motion, activity, or progress:
To cease to flow or run.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: air; etc; air; etc
Examples
- If the water stagnates, algae will grow.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To cease motion, activity, or progress:
To be or become foul from standing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: air; etc; air; etc
Examples
- Air stagnates in a closed room.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stand
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To cease motion, activity, or progress:
To cease to develop, advance, or change; to become idle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To stop the flowing or running of
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive, usually
Qualifier: water; air; water; air
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To stop the development, advancement, or change of; to make idle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
be idle; exist in a changeless situation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
- He slugged in bed all morning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: idle, laze, slug
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: moon, moon around, moon on, ride the bench, warm the bench, daydream, bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about, lie about, lie around
verb
Meaning 8
cease to flow; stand without moving
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Stagnating waters
- blood stagnates in the capillaries
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
verb
Meaning 9
cause to stagnate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- There are marshes that stagnate the waters
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
verb
Meaning 10
stand still
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stāgnātus, past participle of stāgnō (“cover the land as a lake, stagnate”), from stāgnum (“pond, swamp”).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бездействам (bezdejstvam) — to cease activity
- Bulgarian: застоявам се (zastojavam se) — to cease activity
- French: stagner — to cease activity
- Galician: estiñar — to cease activity
- Galician: estañar — to cease activity
- German: stagnieren — to cease activity
- Greek: λιμνάζω (limnázo) — to cease activity
- Hungarian: stagnál — to cease activity
- Hungarian: pang — to cease activity
- Hungarian: megreked — to cease activity
- Italian: ristagnare — to cease activity
- Italian: fermare — to cease activity
- Macedonian: застојува (zastojuva) — to cease activity
- Macedonian: стагнира (stagnira) — to cease activity
- Malayalam: കെട്ടിക്കിടക്കുക (keṭṭikkiṭakkuka) — to cease activity
- Māori: whakamārari — to cease activity
- Persian: راکد شدن (râked šodan) — to cease activity
- Portuguese: estagnar — to cease activity
- Spanish: estancar — to cease activity
- Swedish: stagnera — to cease activity
- Tamil: தேங்கு (tēṅku) — to cease activity
- Tày: ắng — to cease activity
- Tày: ử — to cease activity