stabilize
/ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz/verb3 syllables
Stabilize means: support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace.
Synonyms for stabilize3
Opposites of stabilize
destabilize, destabilise
What does stabilize mean?3
verb
1
support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace“brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel”
2
make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium“The drug stabilized her blood pressure”
3
become stable or more stable“The economy stabilized”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Stabilize in a sentence
- Mangrove forests stabilize the coastline, reducing erosion from storm surges, currents, waves, and tides.Hybrid
- Sir, we need to stabilize your fracture before transferring you to the stretcher.NurseMeeks
- Even with no flanges, conical wheels self-stabilize on rails.Auride
- The authorities are striving in vain to stabilize the currency.CM
- Sami was forced to dump his catch in an effort to stabilize his boat.OsoHombre
- How confident are you that the bailout bill will stabilize the economy?CM
- Algeria needs to stabilize and reinforce its home front.Amastan
- Paul has finally figured out how to stabilize the machine.Amastan
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Forms of stabilize
as a verb
- past tense
- stabilized
- present participle
- stabilizing
- third-person singular
- stabilizes
- past participle
- stabilized