stabilize
(verb)
verb
1. make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
- The drug stabilized her blood pressure
- stabilize prices
Similar word(s): stabilise
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
2. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
Similar word(s): brace, stabilise, steady
Definition categories: contact, fortify, strengthen
3. become stable or more stable
- The economy stabilized
Similar word(s): stabilise
Definition categories: change
Sentences with stabilize as a verb:
- Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
- The country will stabilize after the next election ends.