Definitions for stagnates

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stagnates stag·nate

Spelling: [stag-neyt]

IPA: /ˈstæg neɪt/

Stagnates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 265 anagrams from letters in stagnates (aaegnsstt).

Definitions for stagnates

verb (used with object)

1. to make stagnant.
2. to make stagnant.

verb (used without object)

1. to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
2. to be or become stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water.
3. to stop developing, growing, progressing, or advancing:
4. to be or become sluggish and dull:
5. to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
6. to be or become stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water.
7. to stop developing, growing, progressing, or advancing:
8. to be or become sluggish and dull:

Origin of stagnates

1660-70; Latin stāgnātus (past participle of stāgnāre), equivalent to stāgn(um) pool of standing water + -ātus -ate¹

Examples for stagnates

The jury is still out on whether the tide will recede, stagnate or become a flood.

The villages, drained of their best blood, stagnate and decay.

This became a nightmare that threatened to stagnate the blood in his veins.

And just as early birds use fear to motivate, procrastinators use fear to stagnate.

In this scenario, productivity will rise, but wages may stagnate or decline.

You and your wife Joanna may stagnate here till you blue-mold, for me.

Oh, we'd had star-travel for centuries, we were beginning to stagnate.

One crude indicator: life expectancy numbers have tended to stagnate in the U.S. in recent years.

Let them squeal, let them stagnate, let dust settle on their wares that no man came to buy.

Anders Aslund says that “[t]he Russian economy was earlier set to stagnate, but now it is likely to contract.”

This became a nightmare that threatened to stagnate the blood in his veins.

You and your wife Joanna may stagnate here till you blue-mold, for me.

And just as early birds use fear to motivate, procrastinators use fear to stagnate.

Anders Aslund says that “[t]he Russian economy was earlier set to stagnate, but now it is likely to contract.”

In this scenario, productivity will rise, but wages may stagnate or decline.

Let them squeal, let them stagnate, let dust settle on their wares that no man came to buy.

Oh, we'd had star-travel for centuries, we were beginning to stagnate.

The jury is still out on whether the tide will recede, stagnate or become a flood.

The villages, drained of their best blood, stagnate and decay.

One crude indicator: life expectancy numbers have tended to stagnate in the U.S. in recent years.