Synonyms of the word

stanch

• v. (transitive) To stop the flow of.
• v. (intransitive) To cease, as the flowing of blood.
• v. (transitive) To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
• v. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
• n. That which stanches or checks a flow.
• n. A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its…
• adj. Strong and tight; sound; firm.
• adj. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steadfast.
• adj. Close; secret; private.

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

halt

• v. (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.
• v. (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay;…
• v. (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
• v. (intransitive) To stop marching.
• v. (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
• v. (transitive) To bring to a stop.
• v. (transitive) To cause to discontinue.
• n. A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
• n. (rail transport) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
• adj. (archaic) Lame, limping.
• v. To limp.
• v. To waver.
• v. To falter.
• n. (dated) Lameness; a limp.

staunch

• adj. loyal, trustworthy, reliable, outstanding.
• adj. dependable, persistent.
• v. (transitive) To stop the flow of (blood).
• v. (transitive) To stop, check, or deter an action.

stem

• n. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
• n. A branch of a family.
• n. An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
• n. (botany) The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar,…
• n. A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy,…
• n. A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
• n. (linguistics) The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of…
• n. (slang) A person's leg.
• n. (typography) A vertical stroke of a letter.
• n. (music) A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
• n. (nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of…
• n. Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.
• n. (anatomy) A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
• n. (slang) A crack pipe.
• v. To remove the stem from.
• v. To be caused or derived; to originate.
• v. To descend in a family line.
• v. To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
• v. (obsolete) To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
• v. To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
• v. To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
• v. (skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed…
• n. Alternative form of steem.
• n. Alternative form of STEM.