The doctor was finally able to stanch the flow of blood.
Source: tatoeba (1979321)
Stanch
/stɑːnt͡ʃ/
Synonyms for "stanch" (95 found)
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More general
4 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCollocations
5 entriesstanch a leakstanch rumorsstanch the bleedingstanch the flowstanch the hemorrhage
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- спирам притока verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
Finnish
2 entries- estää verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
- tyrehdyttää verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
German
2 entries- beenden verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
- stoppen verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Hungarian
1 entries- elállít verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
Irish
2 entries- coisc verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
- coisc verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Macedonian
1 entries- за́пре про́ток verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
Māori
2 entries- pāpuni verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
- pāpuni verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Old English
1 entries- forwrīþan verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
Polish
2 entries- zastopować verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
- zatrzymać verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Portuguese
1 entries- estancar verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Russian
1 entries- остана́вливать verb (to stop the flow of (water or some other liquid))
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
1 entries- estancar verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
Swedish
2 entries- hejda verb (to check or stop, or deter, (an action) — see also stop, deter)
- 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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