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.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.
- transitive verb. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
- intransitive verb. To cease, as the flowing of blood.
- noun. That which stanches or checks.
- noun. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
- transitive verb. Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
- transitive verb. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.
- transitive verb. Close; secret; private.
- transitive verb. To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
- verb. stop the flow of a liquid
"staunch the blood flow"
"stem the tide"
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Common word forms
stanched, stancher, stanches, stanchly, stanchest, stanching, stanchable, stanchless, stanchness
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