A Topical Dictionary: Search for stabilize

Dictionary Results For "stabilize" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Alternative spellings

stabilise (UK)

Verb

To make stable.
:Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
To become stable.
:The country will stabilize after the next election ends.

Translations

German: stabilisieren

Portuguese: estabilizar

German: sich stabilisieren

Portuguese: estabilizar-se

fr:stabilize io:stabilize hu:stabilize ta:stabilize vi:stabilize tr:stabilize

WordNet stabilize
v 1: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an
equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure";
"stabilize prices" [syn: stabilise] [ant: destabilize,
destabilize]
2: support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if
with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the
potter's wheel" [syn: brace, steady, stabilise]
3: become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized" [syn:
stabilise] [ant: destabilize, destabilize]

Moby Dictionary
appease , assimilate to , balance , ballast , calm , calm down , compose ,
cool , counterbalance , counterpoise , cradle , damp , dulcify , ease ,
equalize , equilibrize , equipoise , even , even out , firm , firm up ,
fix , flatten , freeze , gentle , harmonize , hold , homogenize , hush ,
immobilize , keep , level , lull , make uniform , mollify , nail down ,
normalize , pacify , pin down , poise , pour balm into , prop , quell ,
quiet , regularize , regulate , rest , retain , rock , rock to sleep ,
secure , set , settle , smooth , smooth down , smooth over , smoothen ,
soothe , stabilitate , standardize , steady , stereotype , stick , still ,
subdue , support , sustain , symmetrize , tranquilize , transfix ,
uniformize