stagnate

Verb
  1. Stand still (synset 202731161)
    "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
  2. Cause to stagnate (synset 202730942)
    "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
  3. Cease to flow;
    Stand without moving (synset 202730710)
    "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
  4. Be idle;
    Exist in a changeless situation (synset 202422604)
    "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"

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