| VERB | stative | stagnate | stand still |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | stagnate | cause to stagnate | |
| stative | stagnate | cease to flow | |
| social | stagnate, idle, laze, slug | be idle |
| Sounds | stae'gney.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | stand still. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | estancarse, paralizarse, rebalsarse | |
| Catalan | embassar-se, engorgar-se, estancar-se | |
| Adjectives | stagnant | not growing or changing |
| Nouns | stagnation | a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) |
| Meaning | Cause to stagnate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | stagnate | Cease to flow |
| Catalan | estancar | |
| Adjectives | stagnant | not circulating or flowing |
| Nouns | stagnation | a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) |
| stagnation, stagnancy | inactivity of liquids / liquids | |
| Meaning | Cease to flow; stand without moving. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "blood stagnates in the capillaries" | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Similar to | stagnate | Cause to stagnate |
| Spanish | estancarse, estancar, rebalsarse | |
| Catalan | embassar-se, engorgar-se, estancar-se, estancar | |
| Adjectives | stagnant | not circulating or flowing |
| Nouns | stagnation, stagnancy | inactivity of liquids / liquids |
| Meaning | Be idle; exist in a changeless situation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch" | |
| Synonyms | idle, laze, slug | |
| Narrower | 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 | Be lazy or idle |
| daydream, moon | Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake | |
| lie about, lie around | hang around idly | |
| moon, moon around, moon on | Be idle in a listless or dreamy way | |
| ride the bench, warm the bench | Be out of the game / game / game | |
| Opposite | work | Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
| Spanish | gandulear, haraganear, holgazanear | |
| Catalan | gandulejar, mandrejar | |
| Nouns | stagnation, stagnancy | a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) |
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