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stanch
stanch is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.
- 2transitive verb
To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
- 3intransitive verb
To cease, as the flowing of blood.
- 4noun
That which stanches or checks.
- 5noun
A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
- 6transitive verb
Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
- 7transitive verb
Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.
- 8transitive verb
Close; secret; private.
- 9transitive verb
To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
- 10verb
stop the flow of a liquid
"staunch the blood flow"
"stem the tide"
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