To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room
disapproval If something such as a business or society stagnates, it stops changing or progressing. Industrial production is stagnating + stagnation stag·na·tion the stagnation of the steel industry. to stop developing or making progress (past participle of stagnare, from stagnum )
cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy