Strong and tight; sound; firm. / Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steadfast. / Close; secret; private.

(transitive) To stop the flow of (something). / (intransitive) To cease, as the flowing of blood. / (transitive) To prop; to make stanch, or strong. / To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.

That which stanches or checks a flow. / A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.

(obsolete) A stanchion.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stanch

present participle of stanch

simple past tense and past participle of stanch

The quality or state of being stanch.

plural of stanching

present participle of stanchion