stem, stanch, staunch, halt
(verb) stop the flow of a liquid; “staunch the blood flow”; “stem the tide”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stanch (third-person singular simple present stanches, present participle stanching, simple past and past participle stanched)
(transitive) To stop the flow of.
(intransitive) To cease, as the flowing of blood.
(transitive) To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
stanch (plural stanches)
That which stanches or checks a flow.
A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
stanch (comparative stancher, superlative stanchest)
Strong and tight; sound; firm.
Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steadfast.
Close; secret; private.
• chanst, chants, snatch
Source: Wiktionary
Stanch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stanched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stanching.] Etym: [OF. estanchier, F. étancher to stpo a liquid from flowing; akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make stagnant. See Stagnate.]
1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. [Written also staunch.] Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth stanch the bleeding of the nose. Bacon.
2. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.]
Stanch, v. i.
Definition: To cease, as the flowing of blood. Immediately her issue of blood stanched. Luke viii. 44.
Stanch, n.
1. That which stanches or checks. [Obs.]
2. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. Knight.
Stanch, a. [Compar. Stancher; superl. Stanchest.] Etym: [From Stanch, v. t., and hence literally signifying, stopped or stayed; cf. Sp. estanco stopped, tight, not leaky, as a ship. See Stanch, v. t.] [Written also staunch.]
1. Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. Evelyn.
2. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. V. Knox. In politics I hear you 're stanch. Prior.
3. Close; secret; private. [Obs.] This to be kept stanch. Locke.
Stanch, v. t.
Definition: To prop; to make stanch, or strong. His gathered sticks to stanch the wall Of the snow tower when snow should fall. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 February 2025
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
