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adj
Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: hermetically sealed
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adj
Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Synonyms: constant, determined, persistent, steadfast, unwavering, unyielding, unswerving
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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adj
Cautious, restrained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, obsolete
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Synonyms: guarded
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adj
Stubborn, intransigent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: adamant, ardent, grim, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, determined, diehard, dogged, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, incalcitrant, inflexible, irrefragable, insistent, intractable, intransigent, intrepid, inveterate, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, peevish, peremptory, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, resolved, rigid, self-willed, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, sullen, tenacious, terminal, thran, thwart, tough, truculent, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, wilful, willful
Antonyms: compromising, transigent
noun
That which stanches or checks a flow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
That which stanches or checks a flow.
A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, specifically
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noun
An act of stanching or stopping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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Synonyms: afterdamp
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative spelling of stanch (“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”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Alternative spelling of stanch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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adjective satellite
firm and dependable especially in loyalty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: steadfast, unswerving
Antonyms: none provided
verb
stop the flow of a liquid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: stem, stanch, halt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: check
History
From Middle English staunch, staunche (“(adjective) in good condition or repair; solidly made, firm; watertight; of a person or wound: not bleeding; certain; intact; (adverb) firmly, soundly”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman estaunche, Old French estanche (“firm; watertight”) (modern French étanche (“airtight; watertight”)), a variant of estanc (“a pond”), from estanchier (“to stop the flow of a liquid (blood, water, etc.); to make (something) watertight; to quench (thirst)”) (modern French étancher), possibly from one of the following: * From Vulgar Latin *stagnicāre, from Latin stāgnum (“piece of standing water, pond; fen, swamp”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *steh2g- (“to drip; to seep”). * From Vulgar Latin *stānticāre, from *stānticus (“tired”), from Latin stāns, stāntis (“standing; remaining, staying”). Stāns is the present active participle of stō (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh2- (“to stand (up)”). Cognates * Italian stanco (“bored; tired”) * Portuguese estanque (“watertight”) * Romansh staunza (“a room”) * Spanish estanco (“closed, sealed; airtight; watertight”)
Either: * from Middle English staunche, stanche (“something which stops the flow of blood; (figuratively) shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)”), from Old French estanche (“pond; tank”), from estanc (“pond”) (modern French étang (“pond; lagoon”)), from estanchier (verb): see further at etymology 2; and/or * derived directly from the verb.
See stanch (etymology 4).
From Middle English staunchen, staunche (“to stop the flow of blood, diarrhoea, or other bodily fluids; to alleviate, ease; to appease, assuage, satisfy; to cure; to overcome; to put an end to; to repress, suppress; of a river or stream: to stop flowing; of waters, wind, or weather: to become calm, subside; to extinguish or put out (a fire)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman estauncher, estaunchier, estanger, Old French estancher, estanchier (verb) [and other forms]; see further at etymology 1 and at stanch.
Across languages
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