[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to stop the flow of (a liquid, especially blood).", "to stop the flow of blood or other liquid from (a wound, leak, etc.).", "Archaic.to check, allay, or extinguish."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to stop flowing, as blood; be stanched."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Also called flash-lock ,.a lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["staunch ."]}]