stagnant

«stagnant» in Mova's school dictionary: still and does not flow, so it becomes dirty, smelly and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Stagnant water is still and does not flow, so it becomes dirty, smelly and full of germs. tree →

2) In a general sense, something stagnant is dull and not changing or growing. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a stagnant pool or marsh is dirty and dangerous, and a stagnant life is dull and lifeless

examples

• The pond was stagnant and smelled bad. tree →
• Do not drink stagnant water. tree →
• Mosquitoes breed in stagnant puddles. tree →
• After a year in the same job, his life felt stagnant. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stagnant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.