STABILISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stabilise mean? 

• STABILISE (verb)
  The verb STABILISE has 3 senses:

1. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

2. become stable or more stable

3. make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium

  Familiarity information: STABILISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STABILISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they stabilise    ... he / she / it stabilises   
Past simple: stabilised   
Past participle: stabilised   
-ing form: stabilising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

brace; stabilise; stabilize; steady

Context example:

brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel

Hypernyms (to "stabilise" is one way to...):

beef up; fortify; strengthen (make strong or stronger)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stabilise"):

ballast (make steady with a ballast)

guy (steady or support with a guy wire or cable)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become stable or more stable

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

stabilise; stabilize

Context example:

The economy stabilized

Hypernyms (to "stabilise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stabilise"):

root; settle; settle down; steady down; take root (become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style)

becalm; calm; steady (make steady)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

stabilisation (the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

stabilise; stabilize

Context example:

stabilize prices

Hypernyms (to "stabilise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stabilise"):

peg (stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

destabilise (make unstable)

Derivation:

stabilisation (the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable)

stabiliser (a device for making something stable)

 Context examples 

When sepsis patients recovered and the inflammation was reduced, the expression of the clock genes was also stabilised.

(New study sheds fresh light on the genetic mechanisms involved in sepsis, the leading cause of death in ICUs, University of Granada)

The Ross Ice Shelf stabilises the West Antarctic ice sheet by blocking the ice which flows into it from some of the world’s largest glaciers.

(Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Between 2009 and 2015, it stabilised at an average 6,080 km² per year, with the year 2012 seeing the lowest deforestation rate in the last 20 years (4,571 km²).

(Amazon lost 7,989 km² of forest in 12 months, Agência Brasil)

While, previously, practically all the sludge was dumped, the new regulations are stricter, requiring the waste to be sterilised and stabilised, since its incorrect handling can lead to public health problems due to microbial contamination and heavy metals.

(Scientists validate a new technology that transforms sewage sludge into fertilizer more efficiently, University of Granada)

The point of vulnerability lies in the fact that that solar heated surface water flows into the cavity near a stabilising pinning point, which could be undermined if basal melting intensifies further.

(Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)