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to stanch
01
to stop the flow of something, especially blood or liquid, by applying pressure or using a barrier
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
stanch
3rd person singular
stanches
Present participle
stanching
Past simple
stanched
Past participle
stanched
Examples
He used a cloth to stanch the bleeding from her wound.
Lexical Tree
stanchion
stanch
