noun. the event of something ending it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill |
noun. the act of stopping something the third baseman made some remarkable stops|his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood |
noun. a brief stay in the course of a journey they made a stopover to visit their friends |
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 |
noun. a spot where something halts or pauses his next stop is Atlanta |
noun. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it his stop consonants are too aspirated |
noun. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations in England they call a period a stop |
noun. (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes the organist pulled out all the stops |
noun. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically |
noun. a restraint that checks the motion of something he used a book as a stop to hold the door open |
noun. an obstruction in a pipe or tube we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
verb. come to a halt, stop moving the car stopped|She stopped in front of a store window |
verb. put an end to a state or an activity Quit teasing your little brother |
verb. stop from happening or developing Block his election|Halt the process |
verb. interrupt a trip we stopped at Aunt Mary's house|they stopped for three days in Florence |
verb. cause to stop stop a car|stop the thief |
verb. prevent completion stop the project|break off the negotiations |
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. seize on its way The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace |
verb. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed|Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other|My property ends by the bushes|The symphony ends in a pianissimo |
verb. render unsuitable for passage block the way|barricade the streets|stop the busy road |
verb. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments Hold on a moment! |
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