Stanch Definition

stônch, stänch, stănch
stanched, stanches, stanching, staunches, stanchest
verb
stanched, stanches, stanching
To stop or check the flow of (blood or tears, for example).
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To stop the flow of blood from (a wound).
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To stop, check, or allay.
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To stop the flow of.

A small amount of cotton can be stuffed into the nose to stanch the flow of blood if necessary.
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(intransitive) To cease, as the flowing of blood.

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Synonyms:
noun
stanches

That which stanches or checks.

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A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.

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adjective
stanchest
Strong and tight; sound; firm.
A stanch ship.
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Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steadfast.
A stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.
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Close; secret; private.
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Other Word Forms of Stanch

Adjective

Base Form:
stanch
Superlative:
stanchest

Origin of Stanch

  • Middle English stanchen from Old French estanchier from Vulgar Latin stanticāre to stop probably from Latin stāns stant- present participle of stāre to stand stā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See staunch.

    From Wiktionary

Stanch Sentence Examples

  • Lloyd was a stanch supporter of the revolution.

  • Though they themselves trace their origin to seven Mahommedan tribes, Hindus appear to have been associated with them at an early period; at any rate, their religious creed and practices as stanch worshippers of Kali (Devi, Durga), the Hindu goddess of destruction, had certainly no flavour of Islam in them.

  • In 1759, during the Seven Years' War, the French, as Maria Theresa's allies, occupied the town, and, much to the irritation of Goethe's father, who was a stanch partisan of Frederick the Great, a French lieutenant, Count Thoranc, was quartered on the Goethe household.

  • The queen required a protector, whom she found, not in the feeble Darnley, nor in any of the leaders of the factions, but in the strong, determined earl who had ever been a stanch supporter of the throne against the Protestant party and English influence.

  • New writers began to make their appearance, and, while some of these were stanch to Brandes, others were inclined to hold rather with Drachmann.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTA

Words Ending With

HCHNCH

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