Word Meanings - STANCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make 1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. Iron or a stone

Additional info about word: STANCH

akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make 1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth stanch the bleeding of the nose. Bacon. 2. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STANCH)

• Stable
• firm
• established
• secure
• steady
• constant
• unwavering
• durable
• stanch
• permanent
• firmly fixed
• solid
• steadfast
• lasting
• perpetual
• Steadfast
• Firm
• rooted
• grounded
• fixed
• resolved
• unswerving
• resolute
• Strong
• Powerful
• vigorous
• fortified
• forcible
• impetuous
• hale
• hearty
• brawny
• sinewy
• sound
• robust
• cogent
• influential
• zealous
• potent
• pungent muscular
• hardy
• tenacious

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STANCH)

• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free

Related words: (words related to STANCH)

• FORTIFIABLE
  Capable of being fortified. Johnson.
• SOLIDARE
  A small piece of money. Shak.
• GROUNDWORK
  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
• STANCH
  akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make 1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. Iron or a stone
• LAST
  of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. Chaucer.
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• POWERFUL
  Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
• LASTERY
  A red color. Spenser.
• LASTE
  of Last, to endure. Chaucer.
• STANCHLESS
  1. Incapable of being stanched, or stopped. 2. Unquenchable; insatiable. Shak.
• ZEALOUS
  1. Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object. He may be zealous in the salvation of souls. Law. 2. Filled with religious zeal. Shak. -- Zeal"ous*ly, adv. -- Zeal"ous*ness, n.
• SOUNDER
  One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
• STABLENESS
  The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.
• ROOTCAP
  A mass of parenchym
• SOLIDUNGULA
  A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidæ.
• STABLEBOY; STABLEMAN
  A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.
• GROUNDNUT
  The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
• STRONGYLOID
  Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
• ROOTLESS
  Destitute of roots.
• PROPLASTIC
  Forming a mold.
• MISGROUND
  To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
• POSTABLE
  Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu.
• ELECTRO-MUSCULAR
  Pertaining the reaction of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.
• ODONTOPLAST
  An odontoblast.
• INTESTABLE
  Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
• HIGH-SOUNDING
  Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
• FOOLHARDY
  Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell. Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• RESOUND
  resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
• EVERLASTINGLY
  In an everlasting manner.
• EQUIPOTENTIAL
  Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.
• PROOTIC; PROOETIC
  In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. -- n.
• CONSTABLESS
  The wife of a constable.
• UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
  Wildcat insurance.
• AFFIX
  figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to
• APLASTIC
  Not plastic or easily molded.