stabilize

1. Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium (synset 200271625)
   "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes: peg - stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
   same as: stabilise
2. Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace (synset 201222557)
   "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
   is a type of: beef up, fortify, strengthen - make strong or stronger
   subtypes:

   • ballast - make steady with a ballast
   • guy - steady or support with a guy wire or cable
   same as: brace, stabilise, steady
3. Become stable or more stable (synset 200272745)
   "The economy stabilized"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: stabilise

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