stanch

IPA: stˈæntʃ

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.
Alternative spelling of staunch (“that which stanches; act of stanching”) [(obsolete) That which stanches or checks a flow.]

(transitive, archaic except poetic) To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
(transitive) To check or stop, or deter (an action).
To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
(transitive, obsolete) To extinguish or put out (a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).
(intransitive, also reflexive) Of bleeding: to stop.
(intransitive, also reflexive, obsolete) Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.

Archaic spelling of staunch. [Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.]

Examples of "stanch" in Sentences

Fail to stanch the flow of illegal aliens across the Mexican-United States border.
I believe she could have a great charity, that no evil-doing would dismay her: "stanch" sums her up.
And at his call the stanch hearts unite into one great, strong heart, deep and sensitive as a silver bell not yet cast.
As non-executive chairman, Mr. Smale served as a corporate architect while Mr. Smith worked to stanch losses of $11 million a day.
All of them say the same thing, that stanch is the more common verbal spelling and that staunch is the more common adjectival spelling, but that the two are interchangeable.
The news comes as the city and state governments are getting traction in their efforts to generate more high-skilled technology and help stanch the anticipated loss to the economy of thousands of finance jobs.
However, given their poor track record in maintaining, let alone growing, their market share, it seems unlikely that mainline Protestant congregations such as the UCC will stanch the flow of young people out of religion.
SINGAPORE—A rise in Japan's shares led most Asian stock markets higher Friday, as the Group of Seven industrialized nations agreed to a coordinated intervention to stanch the yen's recent surge, providing some relief as the nation grapples with last week's crippling earthquake and a continuing nuclear crisis.