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Showing words for STANCH using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Stanch

chanst, chants, snatch, stanch

5 Letter Words for Stanch

canst, cants, chant, chats, hants, hasnt, nasch, natch, sanct, scant, scath, shant, snath, tachs, tanhs, thans

4 Letter Words for Stanch

acth, acts, ants, cans, cant, cash, cast, cath, cats, chan, chas, chat, hans, hant, hasn, hast, hats, nach, nash, nast, nats, sant, scan, scat, shan, tach, tanh, tans, tash, than

3 Letter Words for Stanch

ach, act, ahs, anc, ans, ant, ash, ast, can, cat, cha, chn, chs, cns, cst, ctn, cts, han, has, hat, hts, nah, nas, nat, nth, sac, sah, san, sat, sch, sct, sha, sht, sta, tan, tas, tch, tha, tsh

Definitions for Stanch

[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.
[4] to stop flowing, as blood; be stanched.
[5] Also called flash-lock, navigation weir . a lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water.
[6] staunch2.
[7] to stem the flow of (a liquid, esp blood) or (of a liquid) to stop flowing
[8] to prevent the flow of a liquid, esp blood, from (a hole, wound, etc)
[9] an archaic word for assuage
[10] a primitive form of lock in which boats are carried over shallow parts of a river in a rush of water released by the lock

Words nearby Stanch

stampede, stamper, stamping ground, stan, stance, stanch, stanchion, stanchless, stand, stand a chance, stand at ease

Origin of Stanch

11275–1325; Middle English stanchen, staunchen (v.) < Old French estanchier to close, stop, slake (thirst) < Vulgar Latin *stanticāre, equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of stāns, present participle of stāre to stand) + -icāre causative suffix

Other words from Stanch

stanch·a·ble , adjective
stanch·er , noun
un·stanch·a·ble , adjective
stanch·ly , adverb
stanch·ness , noun

Word origin for Stanch

C14: from Old French estanchier , from Vulgar Latin stanticāre (unattested) to cause to stand, from Latin stāre to stand, halt