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)
4.
to stop flowing, as blood; be stanched.
noun
5.
Also called flash-lock, navigation weir. a lock that, after beingpartially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over ashallow place with a rush of water.
Also, staunch.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English stanchen, staunchen (v.) < Old Frenchestanchier to close, stop, slake (thirst) < Vulgar Latin *stanticāre, equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of stāns, present participle of stāre to stand) + -icāre causative suffix
1275–1325; Middle English stanchen, staunchen (v.) < Old Frenchestanchier to close, stop, slake (thirst) < Vulgar Latin *stanticāre, equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of stāns, present participle of stāre to stand) + -icāre causative suffix
Related forms
stanch·a·ble, adjective
stanch·er, noun
un·stanch·a·ble, adjective
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stanch or staunch (stɑːntʃ, stɔːntʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sk5Dnz9O7JHW2cu7XDG5ev90UzSaQTFwOD0O0oHklRNyiUnwyFmYbpDrgAMkgEsQMHzO0bvAYKy8vUZurZhReNOK8elXe5y2HTxwnRLQopXO0TeVWA2YIXfqmZ43vPp_Dphl4odR-OCAR6HTlb3m0=s0-d) | |
| — vb | |
| 1. | to stem the flow of (a liquid, esp blood) or (of a liquid) to stopflowing |
| 2. | to prevent the flow of a liquid, esp blood, from (a hole, wound,etc) |
| 3. | an archaic word for assuage |
| — n | |
| 4. | a primitive form of lock in which boats are carried over shallowparts of a river in a rush of water released by the lock |
| [C14: from Old French estanchier , from Vulgar Latin stanticāre (unattested) to cause to stand, from Latin stāre to stand, halt] | |
| staunch or staunch | |
| — vb | |
| — n | |
| [C14: from Old French estanchier , from Vulgar Latin stanticāre (unattested) to cause to stand, from Latin stāre to stand, halt] | |
| 'stanchable or staunch | |
| — adj | |
| 'staunchable or staunch | |
| — adj | |
| 'stancher or staunch | |
| — n | |
| 'stauncher or staunch | |
| — n | |
