'Stanch' definitions:
Definition of 'stanch'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Stanch'
From: GCIDE
- Stanch \Stanch\ (st[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stanched (st[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Stanching.] [OF. estanchier, F. ['e]tancher to stop a liquid from flowing; akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make stagnant. See Stagnate.]
- 1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. [Written also staunch.] [1913 Webster]
- Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth stanch the bleeding of the nose. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stanch'
From: GCIDE
- Stanch \Stanch\, v. t. To prop; to make stanch, or strong. [1913 Webster]
- His gathered sticks to stanch the wall Of the snow tower when snow should fall. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stanch'
From: GCIDE
- Stanch \Stanch\, v. i. To cease, as the flowing of blood. [1913 Webster]
- Immediately her issue of blood stanched. --Luke viii. 44. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stanch'
From: GCIDE
- Stanch \Stanch\, n.
- 1. That which stanches or checks. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stanch'
From: GCIDE
- Stanch \Stanch\, a. [Compar. Stancher (-[~e]r); superl. Stanchest.] [From Stanch, v. t., and hence literally signifying, stopped or stayed; cf. Sp. estanco stopped, tight, not leaky, as a ship. See Stanch, v. t.] [Written also staunch.]
- 1. Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. [1913 Webster]
- One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]
- In politics I hear you 're stanch. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Close; secret; private. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- This is to be kept stanch. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stanch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrest,
- asphyxiate,
- bar,
- bind,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bottle up,
- bung,
- caulk,
- cease,
- censor,
- check,
- chink,
- choke,
- choke off,
- choke up,
- clamp down on,
- clog,
- clog up,
- congest,
- constipate,
- cork,
- cork up,
- cover,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- dam,
- dam up,
- damp down,
- drown,
- end,
- extinguish,
- fill,
- fill up,
- foul,
- gag,
- halt,
- hold down,
- jam,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- muzzle,
- obstipate,
- obstruct,
- pack,
- plug,
- plug up,
- pour water on,
- prevent,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- spile,
- squash,
- squelch,
- staunch,
- stay,
- stem,
- stench,
- stifle,
- stop,
- stop up,
- stopper,
- stopple,
- strangle,
- stuff,
- stuff up,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle