(v)be stagnant, See Also:stagnate, be stationary, be unmoving, be static, Ant.ไหล, Example:ในห้องครัวยังคงมีน้ำขังอยู่เป็นแห่งๆ รีบเอาผ้ามาซับให้แห้ง, Thai Definition:มีน้ำอยู่ในบริเวณนั้น ไหลออกไปไหนไม่ได้
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Stagnated p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating. ] [ L. stagnatus, p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool, and cf. Stanch, v. t. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. stagnation. ] 1. The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation of vapors. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state of being dull; as, the stagnation of business. [ 1913 Webster ]