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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace;
- Example: "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
[syn: brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise]

2. become stable or more stable;
- Example: "The economy stabilized"
[syn: stabilize, stabilise]

3. make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium;
- Example: "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"
- Example: "stabilize prices"
[syn: stabilize, stabilise]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stabilise v 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" [syn: brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise] 2: become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized" [syn: stabilize, stabilise] [ant: destabilise, destabilize] 3: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices" [syn: stabilize, stabilise] [ant: destabilise, destabilize]