Stagnate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈstæɡneɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Stagnate is a verb meaning (intransitive) To cease motion, activity, or progress:.
Meaning
(intransitive) To cease motion, activity, or progress:.
More Meanings
- To stop the flowing or running of
- To stop the development, advancement, or change of; to make idle.
- Stagnant.
Example Sentences
These poor people cannot go to mountains in the later summer and the early autumn to escape the miasm, and no legislative body has any moral right by undertaking improvements, to stagnate the river marshes.
The myths and values of history have determined our consciousness, have destroyed our wholeness, Mind, experienced as separate from and superior to the body has all but closed our senses and ultimately stagnated the mind.
Word Forms
- stagnates
- stagnating
- stagnated
Synonyms for stagnate
Depending on context, synonyms include idle, laze.
Antonyms for stagnate
Common opposites include work.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include idle, laze, deadlock, restagnate, stay, stop.
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