stagnate

stagnate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
3. adjective. Stagnant.
4. verb. be idle; exist in a changeless situation

   "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"

   "He slugged in bed all morning"

   Synonyms: idle, laze, slug

5. verb. cease to flow; stand without moving

   "Stagnating waters"

   "blood stagnates in the capillaries"

6. verb. cause to stagnate

   "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"

7. verb. stand still

   "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

Synonyms

idle, laze, slug

Common word forms

stagnated, stagnates, stagnating

Words from these letters

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