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stanch
1[ stawnch, stanch, stahnch ]
/ stɔntʃ, stæntʃ, stɑntʃ /
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verb (used with object)
to stop the flow of (a liquid, especially blood).
to stop the flow of blood or other liquid from (a wound, leak, etc.).
Archaic. to check, allay, or extinguish.
verb (used without object)
to stop flowing, as blood; be stanched.
noun
Also called flash-lock, navigation weir . a lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water.
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Also staunch [stawnch] /stɔntʃ/ .
Origin of stanch
1First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English stanchen, staunchen (verb) <Old French estanchier “to close, stop, slake (thirst),” from Vulgar Latin stanticāre (unattested), equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of stāns, present participle of stāre to stand) + -icāre causative suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM stanch
stanch·a·ble, adjectivestancher, nounun·stanch·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby stanch
stamp mill, stamp out, stamp tax, stan, stance, stanch, stanchion, stanchless, stan culture, stand, stand a chance
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stanch2
[ stawnch, stahnch, stanch ]
/ stɔntʃ, stɑntʃ, stæntʃ /
adjective, stanch·er, stanch·est.
OTHER WORDS FROM stanch
stanchly, adverbstanchness, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use stanch in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for stanch
stanch
staunch (stɔːntʃ)
/ (stɑːntʃ) /
verb
to stem the flow of (a liquid, esp blood) or (of a liquid) to stop flowing
to prevent the flow of a liquid, esp blood, from (a hole, wound, etc)
an archaic word for assuage
noun
a primitive form of lock in which boats are carried over shallow parts of a river in a rush of water released by the lock
Derived forms of stanch
stanchable or staunchable, adjectivestancher or stauncher, nounWord Origin for stanch
C14: from Old French estanchier, from Vulgar Latin stanticāre (unattested) to cause to stand, from Latin stāre to stand, halt
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