Stagnated - What does it mean?

stagnated

(head)

(stagnate)

(en-verb)

To cease motion, activity, or progress:

# To cease to flow or run.

If the water stagnates , algae will grow.

# To be or become foul from standing.

Air stagnates in a closed room.

# To cease to develop, advance or change; to become idle.

#* (rfdate), Walter Scott:

Ready-witted tenderness never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.

#* 2003 , Ernest Verity, Get Wisdom (ISBN 1591606691), page 434:

Listening to what others say, especially to what they teach, prevents our minds stagnating , thus promoting mental growth into old age.

* stagnant * stagnation

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