Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To stop or check the flow of (blood or tears, for example).
- v. To stop the flow of blood from (a wound).
- v. To stop, check, or allay: "My anxiety is stanched; I am at peace” ( Scott Turow). See Usage Note at staunch1.
- adj. Variant of staunch1. See Usage Note at staunch1.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To cause to cease flowing; check the flow of.
- To stop a flow from; dry, as a wound, by the application of a styptic.
- To quench; allay; assuage.
- To free; relieve: with of.
- To stop flowing; be stanched.
- To stop; cease.
- n. That which stanches; that which quenches or allays.
- n. A flood-gate in a river for accumulating a head of water to float boats over shallows; a weir. See stank.
- Dry; free from water; water-tight; sound: said of a vessel.
- Strong; firm.
- Sound and trustworthy; true: applied to hounds with reference to their keeping the scent.
- Sound or firm in principle; loyal; hearty; trustworthy.
- Synonyms Stout, steadfast, resolute, stable, unwavering.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from.
- v. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
- v. To cease, as the flowing of blood.
- n. That which stanches or checks.
- n. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
- adj. Strong and tight; sound; firm.
- adj. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast.
- adj. Close; secret; private.
- v. To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
WordNet 3.0
- v. stop the flow of a liquid
Etymologies
- 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.
Examples
“All of them say the same thing, that stanch is the more common verbal spelling and that staunch is the more common adjectival spelling, but that the two are interchangeable.”
“And at his call the stanch hearts unite into one great, strong heart, deep and sensitive as a silver bell not yet cast.”
“I believe she could have a great charity, that no evil-doing would dismay her: "stanch" sums her up.”
“However, given their poor track record in maintaining, let alone growing, their market share, it seems unlikely that mainline Protestant congregations such as the UCC will stanch the flow of young people out of religion.”
“Fail to stanch the flow of illegal aliens across the Mexican-United States border.”
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“SINGAPORE—A rise in Japan's shares led most Asian stock markets higher Friday, as the Group of Seven industrialized nations agreed to a coordinated intervention to stanch the yen's recent surge, providing some relief as the nation grapples with last week's crippling earthquake and a continuing nuclear crisis.”
“As non-executive chairman, Mr. Smale served as a corporate architect while Mr. Smith worked to stanch losses of $11 million a day.”
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“The news comes as the city and state governments are getting traction in their efforts to generate more high-skilled technology and help stanch the anticipated loss to the economy of thousands of finance jobs.”
“Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Some observers said the credit-ratings firm could lose some business if it can't stanch the run of recent missteps.”
“In recent years, Saudi Arabia has tried—and failed—to stanch Iran's influence in Syria and Lebanon.”
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