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Staunch

Adjective

Definiciones

1.AdjectiveNot permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight. Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
2.AdjectiveImpermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
3.AdjectiveStrongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
4.AdjectiveStaying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
"Without our staunch front line the enemy would have split the regiment.; He’s been a staunch supporter of mine through every election."
5.AdjectiveStaying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
"Without our staunch front line the enemy would have split the regiment."
6.AdjectiveDependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
"He’s been a staunch supporter of mine through every election."
7.AdjectiveOf a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
8.AdjectiveCautious, restrained.
9.AdjectiveStubborn, intransigent.
10.VerbAlternative spelling of stanch.
11.NounThat which stanches or checks a flow. A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.
12.NounA plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.
13.NounAn act of stanching or stopping.
14.NounSynonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”).
15.NounAlternative spelling of stanch (“a floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river”).
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