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Meanings of stanch in English

Portuguese
estancar
Catalan
estroncar

Stop the flow of a liquid.

        estancar
        Usage of stanch in English
        1
        The sole question that remained was how best to stanch the wound.
        A Game of Thrones
        2
        He was my stanch friend throughout the term of our joint service.
        Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
        3
        You might say so if all were as stanch as you, Councillor.
        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
        4
        As usual, the Swiss Guard was stanch, but the French soldiers faltered.
        France in the Nineteenth Century
        5
        You cannot stanch it, you cannot drain it, you cannot sweeten it.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms
        6
        But the Abaris seemed a stanch craft indeed, especially for an airship.
        Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
        7
        Mr. Mallery, you are a stanch upholder of the cause, I believe.
        Three People
        8
        They found her stanch and tight, and seemingly as good as new.
        Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851
        9
        So stanch a race was sure to be converted only very slowly.
        Historical Lectures and Essays
        10
        It was a heavy, slow, but luckily a stanch and seaworthy boat.
        Sally Dows
        11
        Still he is stanch, and expects a boy to serve him faithfully.
        Helping Himself; Or, Grant Thornton's Ambition
        12
        We Carvels, Mr. Allen, have ever been stanch to Church and King.
        Richard Carvel — Volume 01
        13
        Umbo stared at his palm, making no effort to stanch the bleeding.
        Pathfinder
        14
        Graham, at least, was stanch and steadfast, not a weathercock like Cutler.
        An Apache Princess: A Tale of the Indian Frontier
        15
        But he's a splendid fellow, and to me was a stanch friend.
        Orley Farm
        16
        He was rather her stanch friend, her genial but most considerate companion.
        His Sombre Rivals
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        Stanch through the time
        Stanch across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common