stagnate

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verb

1. stand still
- Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
• Derivationally related forms:
stagnant, stagnation
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. cause to stagnate
- There are marshes that stagnate the waters
• Derivationally related forms:
stagnant, stagnation, stagnancy
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. cease to flow;
stand without moving
- Stagnating waters
- blood stagnates in the capillaries
• Derivationally related forms:
stagnant, stagnation, stagnancy
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. be idle;
exist in a changeless situation
- The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
- He slugged in bed all morning
• Syn:
idle, laze, slug
• Ant:
work (for: idle)
• Derivationally related forms:
stagnation, stagnancy, slug (for: slug), sluggard (for: slug), idler (for: idle), idling (for: idle)
• Hyponyms:
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 Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  idle, laze, slug