The doctor was finally able to stanch the flow of blood.
Source: tatoeba (1979321)
Stanch
//stɑːnt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "stanch" (91 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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Translations
44 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- спирам притока verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
- спирам притока verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
Dutch
1 entries- stelpen verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
Finnish
4 entries- estää verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
- helpottaa verb (to stop the progression of (an illness))
- suojata säältä verb (to make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof — see also weatherproof)
- tyrehdyttää verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
French
1 entries- étancher verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
Galician
2 entries- estancar verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- estiñar verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
German
4 entries- beenden verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
- stillen verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- stoppen verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- stoppen verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Hungarian
2 entries- elállít verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
- elállít verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
Irish
3 entries- coisc verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
- coisc verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- coisc verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Macedonian
2 entries- за́пре крва́рење verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- за́пре про́ток verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
Māori
4 entries- pāpuni verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
- pāpuni verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- pāpuni verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
- uka verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
Old English
1 entries- forwrīþan verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
Polish
3 entries- zastopować verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
- zatamować verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- zatrzymać verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Portuguese
2 entries- estancar verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- estancar verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Russian
2 entries- остана́вливать verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
- остана́вливать кровотече́ние verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zaùstaviti verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
- зау̀ставити verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Spanish
2 entries- estancar verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- estancar verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Swedish
4 entries- hejda verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- hejda verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
- stoppa verb (to stop the flow of (blood))
- stoppa verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
a stanch ship a stanch churchman
Source: wiktionary
[T]he horſemen & huntſmen ſhould blemiſh at ſuch places as they ſee the Hart enter into a thicket or couert to the end that if the hounds fall to change, they may return to thoſe blemiſhes, and put their hounds to the right ſlot and view, vntill they haue rowzed or found him againe with their bloudhound, or with ſome other ſtanch old hound of the kennell, in the which they may aſſie themſelues. For old ſtaunch houndes which will not hunt change, when they ſee an Hart rowzed & before them, they neuer call on, nor once open: but if they be young raſh houndes, they will runne with full cry & ſo take change.
Source: wiktionary
VVe may commend / A Gentlemans modeſty, manners, and fine language, / […] / Yet, though he obſerue, and vvaſte his ſtate vpon vs, / If he be ſtanch and bid not for the ſtocke / That vve vvere borne to traffick vvith; the truth is / VVe care not for his company.
Source: wiktionary
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