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stop
(st/A/p )

noun (n)

  • the event of something ending(noun.event)
    Example:
    It came to a stop at the bottom of the hill.
    Synonym:
    halt
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of stopping something(noun.act)
    Example:
    The third baseman made some remarkable stops.
    His stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood.
    Synonym:
    stoppage
    source: wordnet30
  • a brief stay in the course of a journey(noun.act)
    Example:
    They made a stopover to visit their friends.
    Synonym:
    layover, stopover
    source: wordnet30
  • the state of inactivity following an interruption(noun.state)
    Example:
    He spent the entire stop in his seat.
    Synonym:
    arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage
    source: wordnet30
  • a spot where something halts or pauses(noun.location)
    Example:
    His next stop is Atlanta.
    source: wordnet30
  • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it(noun.communication)
    Example:
    His stop consonants are too aspirated.
    Synonym:
    occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant
    Antonym:
    continuant, continuant consonant
    source: wordnet30
  • a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations(noun.communication)
    Example:
    In England they call a period a stop.
    Synonym:
    full point, full stop, period, point
    source: wordnet30
  • (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    The organist pulled out all the stops.
    source: wordnet30
  • a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    diaphragm
    source: wordnet30
  • a restraint that checks the motion of something(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He used a book as a stop to hold the door open.
    Synonym:
    catch
    source: wordnet30
  • an obstruction in a pipe or tube(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stoppage
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • come to a halt, stop moving(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The car stopped.
    She stopped in front of a store window.
    Antonym:
    get going, go, start
    source: wordnet30
  • put an end to a state or an activity(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit
    Antonym:
    bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
    source: wordnet30
  • stop from happening or developing(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    block, halt, kibosh
    source: wordnet30
  • interrupt a trip(verb.motion)
    Example:
    We stopped at Aunt Mary's house.
    They stopped for three days in Florence.
    Synonym:
    stop over
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to stop(verb.motion)
    Example:
    Stop a car.
    Stop the thief.
    Synonym:
    arrest, halt, hold
    Antonym:
    start, start up
    source: wordnet30
  • prevent completion(verb.change)
    Example:
    Stop the project.
    Synonym:
    break, break off, discontinue
    source: wordnet30
  • hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of(verb.competition)
    Synonym:
    arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back
    source: wordnet30
  • seize on its way(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    intercept
    source: wordnet30
  • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical(verb.stative)
    Example:
    Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other.
    Synonym:
    cease, end, finish, terminate
    Antonym:
    begin, start
    source: wordnet30
  • render unsuitable for passage(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Stop the busy road.
    Synonym:
    bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade
    source: wordnet30
  • stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    hold on
    source: wordnet30
  • To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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