stanch
verb/stɑːntʃ/
/stɑːntʃ/
(especially North American English) (also staunch British and North American English)
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they stanch | /stɑːntʃ/ /stɑːntʃ/ |
| he / she / it stanches | /ˈstɑːntʃɪz/ /ˈstɑːntʃɪz/ |
| past simple stanched | /stɑːntʃt/ /stɑːntʃt/ |
| past participle stanched | /stɑːntʃt/ /stɑːntʃt/ |
| -ing form stanching | /ˈstɑːntʃɪŋ/ /ˈstɑːntʃɪŋ/ |
- stanch something to stop the flow of something, especially blood
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