stanch

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[ stawnch, stanch, stahnch ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to stop the flow of (a liquid, especially blood).

  2. to stop the flow of blood or other liquid from (a wound, leak, etc.).

  1. Archaic. to check, allay, or extinguish.

verb (used without object)
  1. to stop flowing, as blood; be stanched.

noun
  1. 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.

Origin of stanch

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First 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
  • Also staunch [stawnch] /stɔntʃ/ .

Other words from stanch

  • stanch·a·ble, adjective
  • stancher, noun
  • un·stanch·a·ble, adjective

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Other definitions for stanch (2 of 2)

stanch2
[ stawnch, stahnch, stanch ]

adjective,stanch·er, stanch·est.

Other words from stanch

  • stanchly, adverb
  • stanchness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for stanch

stanch

staunch (stɔːntʃ)

/ (stɑːntʃ) /


verb
  1. to stem the flow of (a liquid, esp blood) or (of a liquid) to stop flowing

  2. to prevent the flow of a liquid, esp blood, from (a hole, wound, etc)

  1. an archaic word for assuage

noun
  1. 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

Origin of stanch

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C14: from Old French estanchier, from Vulgar Latin stanticāre (unattested) to cause to stand, from Latin stāre to stand, halt

Derived forms of stanch

  • stanchable or staunchable, adjective
  • stancher or stauncher, noun

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