stanch
1to 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.
to stop flowing, as blood; be stanched.
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
1- Also staunch [stawnch] /stɔntʃ/ .
Other words from stanch
- stanch·a·ble, adjective
- stancher, noun
- un·stanch·a·ble, adjective
Words Nearby stanch
Other definitions for stanch (2 of 2)
Other words from stanch
- stanchly, adverb
- stanchness, noun
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How to use stanch in a sentence
Adding other measures to stanch viral spread remains critical, he said.
CDC says coronavirus could be under control this summer in U.S. if people get vaccinated and are careful | Joel Achenbach, Lena H. Sun | May 5, 2021 | Washington PostOnly by studying both groups will researchers determine how well vaccines work in stanching the virus’s spread.
A vaccine study in college students will help determine when it’s safe to take masks off | Carolyn Y. Johnson | April 12, 2021 | Washington PostThey could be a vital component in stanching the spread of the virus — especially in the crucial months before most Americans are vaccinated against the pathogen.
How do home tests for coronavirus work? Where can I get one? | William Wan | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostXavier is also a stanch ally to the LGBTQ community, and I know that he will work with us to ensure health equity for our community.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra picked as HHS secretary | Brody Levesque | December 7, 2020 | Washington BladeState and regional water officials are also stepping in, increasingly trying to stanch surface expressions.
Oil Companies Are Profiting From Illegal Spills. And California Lets Them. | by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun, and Lylla Younes, ProPublica | September 18, 2020 | ProPublica
A neighbor tried in vain to stanch the bleeding with a towel.
In a swift move to stanch the controversy, Governor Rockefeller demanded the piece be removed.
The Most Wanted Warhol: A Scandal at the 1964 World’s Fair | Jessica Dawson | April 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Clapper has also failed fundamentally to stanch the leakage of secrets so emblematic of his tenure atop the community.
Spy Chief James Clapper: We Can’t Stop Another Snowden | Eli Lake | February 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Obama administration began 2009 with an aggressive stimulus to stanch the rapid deterioration of the economy.
This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsHere, then, the League and their stanch friends have sustained an unexpected and serious shock.
I tried to stanch it with my waistband, but ineffectually; it relieved him for a moment, and he asked for water.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows TaylorIt seemed too bad that such a stanch dwelling should be given over to neglect, but such is often the case in a new country.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonTo this I agreed, knowing that Tim was a stanch old soldier, who would not beat a retreat unless we were likely to be overpowered.
In the Wilds of Florida | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for stanch
staunch (stɔːntʃ)
/ (stɑːntʃ) /
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
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
1Derived forms of stanch
- stanchable or staunchable, adjective
- stancher or stauncher, noun
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