support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
means to control movement of soil, spoil piles, or areas of disturbed earth by modifying the geometry of the mass, or by otherwise modifying physical or chemical properties, such as by providing a protective surface coating
sta·bi·lize stabilizes stabilizing stabilized in BRIT, also use stabilise If something stabilizes, or is stabilized, it becomes stable. Although her illness is serious, her condition is beginning to stabilize Officials hope the move will stabilize exchange rates + stabilization sta·bi·li·za·tion the stabilisation of property prices. to become firm, steady, or unchanging, or to make something firm or steady stable
make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"
or stabilizing means the placing of any bid, or the effecting of any purchase, for the purpose of pegging, fixing, or maintaining the price of a security
Provision of medical care that is appropriate to prevent the persons health condition from deteriorating NCGS 58-50-61(a)(16)