📖 Definitions of "Stanch"
noun
- 1
That which stanches or checks a flow.
- 2
A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
verb
- 1
To stop the flow of.
"A small amount of cotton can be stuffed into the nose to stanch the flow of blood if necessary."
- 2
To cease, as the flowing of blood.
- 3
To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
- 4
To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
adjective
- 1
Strong and tight; sound; firm.
"a stanch ship"
- 2
Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steadfast.
"a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent"
- 3
Close; secret; private.
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