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stanch1
[stawnch, stanch, stahnch] Pronunciation Key
[stawnch, stanch, stahnch] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to stop the flow of (a liquid, esp. blood). |
| 2. | to stop the flow of blood or other liquid from (a wound, leak, etc.). |
| 3. | Archaic. to check, allay, or extinguish. |
| 4. | to stop flowing, as blood; be stanched. |
| 5. | 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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[stawnch, stahnch, stanch] Pronunciation Key
[stawnch, stahnch, stanch] Pronunciation Key —Related forms
stanchly, adverb
stanchness, noun
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| stanch 1
(stônch, stänch, stānch) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. stanched also staunched, stanch·ing also staunch·ing, stanch·es also staunch·es
[Middle English stanchen, from Old French estanchier, from Vulgar Latin *stanticāre, to stop, probably from Latin stāns, stant-, present participle of stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] stanch'er n. |
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| stanch 2
(stônch, stänch, stānch) Pronunciation Key
adj. Variant of staunch1. See Usage Note at staunch1. |
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| staunch 1
(stônch, stänch) Pronunciation Key
adj. staunch·er also stanch·er, staunch·est also stanch·est
[Middle English staunche, from Anglo-Norman estaunche, from estaunchier, to stanch, variant of Old French estanchier; see stanch1.] staunch'ly adv., staunch'ness n. Usage Note: Staunch is more common than stanch as the spelling of the adjective. Stanch is more common than staunch as the spelling of the verb. |
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stanch (v.)
stanch (v.)
"to stop the flow of" (esp. blood), c.1300, from O.Fr. estanchier "cause to cease flowing, stop, hinder," from V.L. *stancare, perhaps contracted from *stagnicare, from L. stagnum "pond, pool" (see stagnate).
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| stanch | |
verb | |
| stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" [syn: stem] |
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Stag"nate\ (st[a^]g"n[=a]t), 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. 2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. --Sir W. Scott.
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Stanch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stanched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stanching.] [OF. estanchier, F. ['e]tancher to stpo a liquid from flowing; akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make stagnant. See Stagnate.]1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. [Written also staunch.] Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth stanch the bleeding of the nose. --Bacon. 2. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.]
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Stanch\, v. i. To cease, as the flowing of blood. Immediately her issue of blood stanched. --Luke viii. 44.
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Stanch\, n. 1. That which stanches or checks. [Obs.] 2. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. --Knight.
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Stanch\, a. [Compar. Stancher; superl. Stanchest.] [From Stanch, v. t., and hence literally signifying, stopped or stayed; cf. Sp. estanco stopped, tight, not leaky, as a ship. See Stanch, v. t.] [Written also staunch.]1. Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. --Evelyn. 2. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. --V. Knox. In politics I hear you 're stanch. --Prior. 3. Close; secret; private. [Obs.] This to be kept stanch. --Locke.
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