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Definition of staunch verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

staunch

verb
 
/stɔːntʃ/
 
/stɔːntʃ/
(also stanch especially in North American English)
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they staunch
 
/stɔːntʃ/
 
/stɔːntʃ/
he / she / it staunches
 
/ˈstɔːntʃɪz/
 
/ˈstɔːntʃɪz/
past simple staunched
 
/stɔːntʃt/
 
/stɔːntʃt/
past participle staunched
 
/stɔːntʃt/
 
/stɔːntʃt/
-ing form staunching
 
/ˈstɔːntʃɪŋ/
 
/ˈstɔːntʃɪŋ/
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  1. staunch something to stop the flow of something, especially blood
    • Customs officers are struggling to staunch the flow of illegal imports.
    • He bound his thigh firmly to staunch the flow of blood.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryStaunch is used with these nouns as the object:
    • bleeding
    • flow
    See full entry
    Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French estanchier, from the base of the adjective staunch.
See staunch in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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