staunch the flow of blood

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• flow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy, large, massive ▪ good ▪ adequate ▪ poor ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• blood — n. 1) to draw, let blood 2) to lose; shed, spill blood 3) to staunch the flow of blood 4) to donate; type blood 5) blue; pure; royal blood 6) whole blood 7) hot ( fiery ) blood 8) blood cakes; circulates, flows, runs; clots, coagulates congeals,… …   Combinatory dictionary

• flow — I n. 1) to regulate a flow 2) to staunch the flow (of blood) 3) a smooth; steady flow 4) a cash flow 5) a lava flow 6) a flow from; to (the flow of traffic to the city) II v. 1) (D; intr.) to flow from, out of (water flowed from the pipe) 2) ( …   Combinatory dictionary

• staunch — staunch1 [sto:ntʃ US sto:ntʃ, sta:ntʃ] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: estanche, from estancher; STAUNCH2] giving strong loyal support to another person, organization, belief etc = ↑steadfast ▪ a staunch… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Blood replacement — Rugby union= Blood replacements (also referred to as a blood substitution or Blood bin ) are provided for by Law 3.10 [http://www.irb.com/NR/rdonlyres/A1F47EAA EBD7 43F9 BD4F 64DC7368A6C2/0/060704LGLAWSEN 06 LAW3.pdf] of the International Rugby… …   Wikipedia

• staunch — [stônch, stänch] vt. [ME stanchen < OFr estanchier < VL * stanticare, to bring to a stop < L stans: see STANCE] 1. to stop or check (the flow of blood or of tears, etc.) from (a wound, opening, etc.) 2. a) to stop or lessen (the flow or… …   English World dictionary

• staunch — staunch, stanch Staunch (pronounced stawnch) is used both for the verb meaning ‘to restrain the flow of blood’ (with the blood or the wound as its object) and for the adjective meaning ‘trustworthy, loyal’. The variant form stanch (pronounced… …   Modern English usage

• staunch — [[t]stɔ͟ːntʃ[/t]] stauncher, staunchest, staunches, staunching, staunched 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A staunch supporter or believer is very loyal to a person, organization, or set of beliefs, and supports them strongly. He s a staunch supporter of …   English dictionary

• staunch — 1 adjective giving strong, loyal support to another person, organization, belief etc; steadfast: They are staunch trade unionists. | a staunch friend and ally staunchly adverb staunchness noun (U) 2 also stanch AmE verb (T) to stop the flow of… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• staunch — I. /stɔntʃ / (say stawnch) verb (t) 1. to stop the flow of or as of (a liquid, especially blood): *… he … failed to staunch the bleeding of the country towns. –bob ellis, 2000. 2. to stop the flow of blood from (a wound). 3. Obsolete to check,… …  

• staunch — 1. adjective a) loyal, trustworthy, reliable, outstanding he relished a glass of choice old wine in season as both nourishing and bloodmaking and possessing aperient virtues (notably a good burgundy which he was a staunch believer in) b)… …   Wiktionary