stagnate

English

Verb

stagnate (third-person singular simple present stagnates, present participle stagnating, simple past and past participle stagnated)

1. To cease motion, activity, or progress; to come to rest; to cease to advance or change; to become idle or cease to flow.

   If the water stagnates, algae will grow.

Translations

to cease activity

French: stagner (fr) German: stagnieren (de)

Spanish: estancar (es)

Derived terms

• stagnant
• stagflation

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Italian

Verb

stagnate

1. second-person plural present indicative of stagnare
2. second-person plural imperative of stagnare
3. Feminine plural of stagnato

Anagrams

• stangate