stagnant
— Adjective
– English
～ not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"
stagnate
— Verb
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～ cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
stagnate
— Verb
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～ cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
stagnate
— Verb
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～ stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
stagnate
— Verb
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～ be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
stagnation
— Noun
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～ inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
stagnation
— Noun
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～ a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
stagy
— Adjective
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～ having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality; "stagy heroics"
staid
— Adjective
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～ characterized by dignity and propriety
staidly
— Adverb
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～ in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar"
staidness
— Noun
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～ a trait of dignified seriousness
stain
— Noun
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～ a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain"
stain
— Noun
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～ the state of being covered with unclean things
stain
— Noun
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～ a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
stain
— Noun
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～ an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
stain
— Noun
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～ (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
stain
— Verb
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～ color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
stain
— Verb
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～ produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"
stain
— Verb
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～ make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
stain
— Verb
– English
～ color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"