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stanch

1

[ stawnch, stanch, stahnch ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to stop the flow of (a liquid, especially blood).
  2. to stop the flow of blood or other liquid from (a wound, leak, etc.).
  3. Archaic. to check, allay, or extinguish.


verb (used without object)

  1. to stop flowing, as blood; be stanched.

noun

  1. Also called flash-lock,. a lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water.

stanch

2

[ stawnch, stahnch, stanch ]

adjective

stancher, stanchest.

stanch

/ stɑːntʃ; stɔːntʃ /

verb

  1. to stem the flow of (a liquid, esp blood) or (of a liquid) to stop flowing
  2. to prevent the flow of a liquid, esp blood, from (a hole, wound, etc)
  3. an archaic word for assuage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲԳ󲹲, adjective
  • ˈٲԳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٲԳa· adjective
  • ٲԳİ noun
  • un·ٲԳa· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of stanch1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English stanchen, staunchen (verb) < Old French estanchier “to close, stop, slake (thirst),” from Vulgar Latin ٲԳپ (unattested), equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of Բ, present participle of to stand ) + - causative suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of stanch1

C14: from Old French estanchier , from Vulgar Latin ٲԳپ (unattested) to cause to stand, from Latin to stand, halt
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Each week seems to bring fresh chaos as Trump ratchets up pressure on Mexico to topple the cartels and stanch the flow of fentanyl.

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And she undoubtedly thought her job performance would be judged on her ability to stanch the exposed suffering on L.A.’s streets.

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If we do that, we stand a great chance of stanching the gains Trump made with Latinos in 2024, regaining control of the House in 2026, and making him a lame-duck president.

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She has stanched some of the vituperation in recent days, though questions about her political future leading the nation’s second-largest city still remain.

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But that bespeaks an arrogance the party will have to overcome if it’s going to stanch the bleeding among union and working-class voters.

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