| Stagnate 1. (v. t.) To cease to flow; to be motionless; to become foul; as, air stagnates in a closed room. 2. (v. t.) To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. 3. (a.) Stagnant. Thesaurus Entries be a sideliner, be still, coast, constipate, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, delay, deteriorate, do nothing, drift, fust, go to pot, go to seed, hang fire, hibernate, idle, just be, languish, lie dormant, merely exist, moulder, not budge, not stir, pass the time, rest, rot, rust, sit back, sit it out, sleep, slumber, smolder, spoil, stifle, trammel, vegetate, wait and see, watch and wait |