noun. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar |
noun. the state of inactivity following an interruption the negotiations were in arrest|held them in check|during the halt he got some lunch|the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow|he spent the entire stop in his seat |
verb. take into custody the police nabbed the suspected criminals |
verb. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of Arrest the downward trend|Check the growth of communism in South East Asia|Contain the rebel movement|Turn back the tide of communism |
verb. attract and fix His look caught her|She caught his eye|Catch the attention of the waiter |
verb. cause to stop Halt the engines|Arrest the progress|halt the presses |