Sekirov Dictionary

staunch

/stɔːn(t)ʃ/

adjective8

  1. Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
  2. Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
  3. Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
  4. (figurative) Stubborn, intransigent.
  5. Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
  6. Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
  7. Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
  8. (figurative, no longer used) Cautious, restrained.

noun4

  1. Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”).
  2. (no longer used) That which stanches or checks a flow.
  3. (no longer used) A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.
  4. (no longer used) An act of stanching or stopping.
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staunches · stauncher · staunchest

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