stanch
stanch is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.]
- 2.To cease, as the flowing of blood. Immediately her issue of blood stanched. Luke viii.
- 3.1. That which stanches or checks. [Obs.]
- 4.A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. Knight.
- 5.Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. Evelyn.
- 6.Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. V. Knox. In politics I hear you 're stanch. Prior.
- 7.Close; secret; private. [Obs.] This to be kept stanch. Locke.
- 8.To prop; to make stanch, or strong. His gathered sticks to stanch the wall Of the snow tower when snow should fall. Emerson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- and
- bell
- better
- bill
- bloom
- bobbish
- body
- brave
- buck
- can
- case
- clean
- cure
- daisy
- enjoy
- est
- eupepsia
- excellent
- feather
- fine
- fire
- florid
- flourish
- flush
- fresh
- full
- get
- good
- green
- hale
- hardy
- have
- health
- healthful
- healthy
- hearty
- high
- improve
- incorruptibility
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is stanch.
- What is to extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.] called?
- What is to cease, as the flowing of blood. Immediately her issue of blood stanched. Luke viii called?
- What is 1. That which stanches or checks. [Obs.] called?
- What is a flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. Knight called?
- What is strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. Evelyn called?
- What is firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. V. Knox. In politics I hear you 're stanch. Prior called?
- What is close; secret; private. [Obs.] This to be kept stanch. Locke called?
- What is to prop; to make stanch, or strong. His gathered sticks to stanch the wall Of the snow tower when snow should fall. Emerson called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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