stabilise

stabilise
verb
1. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
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brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel

• Syn: ↑brace, ↑steady, ↑stabilize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑stabilization (for: ↑stabilize), ↑brace (for: ↑brace)
• Hypernyms: ↑strengthen, ↑beef up, ↑fortify
• Hyponyms: ↑ballast, ↑guy
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

2. become stable or more stable
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The economy stabilized

• Syn: ↑stabilize
• Ant: ↑destabilize (for: ↑stabilize), ↑destabilise (for: ↑stabilize)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑stabilisation
• Hypernyms: ↑change
• Hyponyms:
↑settle, ↑root, ↑take root, ↑steady down, ↑settle down, ↑steady, ↑calm, ↑becalm
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

3. make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
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The drug stabilized her blood pressure

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stabilize prices

• Syn: ↑stabilize
• Ant: ↑destabilise, ↑destabilize (for: ↑stabilize)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑stabilisation, ↑stabilization (for: ↑stabilize), ↑stabilizer (for: ↑stabilize), ↑stabiliser
• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify
• Hyponyms: ↑peg
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something


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