To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
To stop the flow of (blood); to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
To check or stop, or deter, (an action).
To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
Of bleeding: to stop.
A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river.
To make resistant to the wind.
Providing protection from the wind.