English Explanatory Dictionary

stanch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Archaic spelling of staunch.
adv
  1. Possibly strictly.
verb
  1. To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
  2. To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
  3. To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
  4. To check or stop, or deter (an action).
  5. To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
  6. To extinguish or put out (as a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (as desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).
  7. Of bleeding: to stop.
  8. Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of staunch (“that which stanches; act of stanching”).
noun
  1. A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river.

Pronunciation

/stɑːn(t)ʃ/ /stæn(t)ʃ/ stônch stänch stănch -sh /stɔn(t)ʃ/ /stɑn(t)ʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stanch.wav

Word forms

stanch stancher stanchest more stanch most stanch stanches stanching stanched no-table-tags glossary stanchedst stancheth staunch

Etymology

From Middle English stanch, a variant of staunch, staunche (“(adjective) in good condition or repair; solidly made, firm; watertight; of a person or wound: not bleeding; certain; intact; (adverb) firmly, soundly”) [and other forms]; see further at staunch.

Synonyms

estop stopple

Derived words

stanchly stanchness stanchable stanched stancher stanching stanchless unstanchable

Translations

Bulgarian: спирам притока Finnish: tyrehdyttää Finnish: estää Hungarian: elállít Irish: coisc Macedonian: за́пре про́ток Māori: pāpuni Old English: forwrīþan Russian: остана́вливать German: beenden German: stoppen Polish: zastopować Polish: zatrzymać Portuguese: estancar Serbo-Croatian: зау̀ставити Serbo-Croatian: zaùstaviti Spanish: estancar Swedish: hejda Swedish: stoppa
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