meaning of stagnate
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.
2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
3. Stagnant.
4. be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all
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