"stagnating" in the verb sense
1. stagnate
stand still
"Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
2. stagnate
cause to stagnate
"There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
3. stagnate
cease to flow stand without moving
"Stagnating waters"
"blood stagnates in the capillaries"
4. idle, laze, slug, stagnate
be idle exist in a changeless situation
"The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"
"He slugged in bed all morning"
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