1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Stanch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To stop or check the flow of (blood or tears, for example).

v. To stop the flow of blood from (a wound).

v. To stop, check, or allay: "My anxiety is stanched; I am at peace” ( Scott Turow). See Usage Note at staunch1.

adj. Variant of staunch1. See Usage Note at staunch1.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To stop the flow of.

v. To prop; to make stanch, or strong.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from.

v. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.

verb-intransitive. To cease, as the flowing of blood.

n. That which stanches or checks.

n. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.

adj. Strong and tight; sound; firm.

adj. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast.

adj. Close; secret; private.

v. To prop; to make stanch, or strong.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To cause to cease flowing; check the flow of.

To stop a flow from; dry, as a wound, by the application of a styptic.

To quench; allay; assuage.

To free; relieve: with of.

To stop flowing; be stanched.

To stop; cease.

n. That which stanches; that which quenches or allays.

n. A flood-gate in a river for accumulating a head of water to float boats over shallows; a weir. See stank.

Dry; free from water; water-tight; sound: said of a vessel.

Strong; firm.

Sound and trustworthy; true: applied to hounds with reference to their keeping the scent.

Sound or firm in principle; loyal; hearty; trustworthy.

Synonyms Stout, steadfast, resolute, stable, unwavering.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. stop the flow of a liquid

Word Usage

"All of them say the same thing, that stanch is the more common verbal spelling and that staunch is the more common adjectival spelling, but that the two are interchangeable."

Verb Form

stanched stanches stanching

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

check

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

extinguish sound firm loyal hearty

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Blanch Blanche blanch branch ranch

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

staunch stanchest firmest homeward-bound faithfullest