stanch

Etymology 1
From, a variant of , ; see further at.

Adverb

 * 1)  Possibly strictly.

Etymology 2
From, , a variant of , , from , , , , (modern 🇨🇬, possibly from one of the following:


 * From, from , possibly from.
 * From, from , from . is the    of , ultimately from.

(“to make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof”) is derived from, from : see above.



Verb

 * 1)  To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
 * 2) To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
 * 3)  To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
 * 4)  To check or stop, or deter (an action).
 * 5) To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
 * 6)  To extinguish or put out (a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).
 * 7)  Of bleeding: to stop.
 * 8)  Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
 * 1)  To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
 * 2)  To check or stop, or deter (an action).
 * 3) To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
 * 4)  To extinguish or put out (a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).
 * 5)  Of bleeding: to stop.
 * 6)  Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
 * 1)  To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
 * 2)  To check or stop, or deter (an action).
 * 3) To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
 * 4)  To extinguish or put out (a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).
 * 5)  Of bleeding: to stop.
 * 6)  Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
 * 1) To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
 * 2)  To extinguish or put out (a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).
 * 3)  Of bleeding: to stop.
 * 4)  Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
 * 1)  Of bleeding: to stop.
 * 2)  Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
 * 1)  Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
 * 1)  Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
 * 1)  Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.

Usage notes
Stanch is more commonly used as the spelling of the verb compared to, especially in the United States; while staunch is more common as the spelling of the adjective, with stanch now regarded as archaic. Prescriptively, some readers may assume that reversals of these preferences are incorrect.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: спирам притока
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: coisc
 * Macedonian: за́пре про́ток
 * Maori: pāpuni
 * Old English: forwrīþan
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: спирам притока
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, estancar
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: coisc
 * Macedonian: за́пре крва́рење
 * Maori: uka, pāpuni
 * Polish: zatamować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Finnish: suojata säältä
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Irish: coisc
 * Maori: pāpuni
 * Polish: zastopować,
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: зау̀ставити
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:

Etymology 3
See (etymology 3).

Etymology 4
From, from (modern 🇨🇬), from : see further at etymology 2.

Noun

 * 1) A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river.