Word

stagnate, v.
(stagnated, stagnates, stagnating)

be idle; exist in a changeless situation
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

idle laze slug stagnate

sample sentences

"The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"
"He slugged in bed all morning"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

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Somebody ----s

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Somebody ----s

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Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

idling idler

antonym

work

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

slug sluggard

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stagnancy stagnation

semantic pointers

hyponym

moon on, moon, moon around ride the bench, warm the bench daydream, moon loaf, lounge about, bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around lie around, lie about

cease to flow; stand without moving
<verb.stative>

stagnate

sample sentences

"Stagnating waters"
"blood stagnates in the capillaries"

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stagnant stagnancy stagnation

semantic pointers

hypernym

verb group

stagnate

cause to stagnate
<verb.stative>

stagnate

sample sentences

"There are marshes that stagnate the waters"

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stagnant stagnation stagnancy stagnation

semantic pointers

hypernym

change

verb group

stagnate

stand still
<verb.stative>

stagnate

sample sentences

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

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stagnant stagnation

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hypernym