stop has definitions from the fields of linguistics,photography,music,phonetics
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[ verb ] come to a halt, stop moving

Synonyms

halt

Examples

"the car stopped" "She stopped in front of a store window"

Used in print

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

In criticism of the latter 's views , his conclusions were based upon dog lung injection studies in which all_of the vascular channels were first filled with a solution under pressure and then were injected with various sized colored particles designed to stop at the arteriolar level .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

At the slope 's base coils of concertina stretched out_of eye range like a wild tangle of children 's hoops , stopped simultaneously , weirdly poised as if awaiting the magic of the child 's touch to start them all rolling again .

The patrol was stopping .

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

They cannot stop to grasp and embrace and sit in the back seat of cars along a dark country lane .

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

He stopped and whispered his errand .

2
[ verb ] put an end to a state or an activity

Examples

"Quit teasing your little brother"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Each high note had the crowd in ecstasy so that it stopped the show midway in the `` Mad_Scene '' , but the real reason was a realization of the extraordinary performance unfolding at the moment .

(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

These conditions man did not keep , and thus he became mortal ; yet he did not stop being human as a result .

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

In Chicago , some time ago , Mr._H. , age 27 , a diabetic since he was six , stopped using insulin because he had bought a `` magic spike '' - a glass tube about the size of a pencil filled with barium chloride worth a small fraction of a cent - sold by the Vrilium_Company of Chicago for $ 306 as a cure-all .

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Furthermore , Bern decrees that we must do as we are ordered by the Council , preach only the word_of_God and stop meddling in politics '' !

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

The pattern would not stop .

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[ verb ] stop from happening or developing

Synonyms

halt block kibosh

Examples

"Block his election" "Halt the process"

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

Probably no one needs to tell you that the way to stop all bloom is to let the blossoms go to seed .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

Piepsam tries to stop him by force , receives a push in the chest from `` Life '' , and is left standing in impotent and growing rage , while a crowd begins to gather .

Piepsam 's fatal rage arises not_only because he cannot stop the cyclist , but also because God will not stop him ; as Piepsam says to the crowd in his last moments : `` His justice is not of this world '' .

Piepsam 's fatal rage arises not_only because he cannot stop the cyclist , but also because God will not stop him ; as Piepsam says to the crowd in his last moments : `` His justice is not of this world '' .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

Maybe they 'll stop it now , once for all .

Related terms

prevent embargo stay blockage

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[ verb ] cause to stop

Examples

"stop a car" "stop the thief"

Used in print

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

And as for his pipe , if he wanted to smoke one , nobody would stop him .

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[ verb ] interrupt a trip

Synonyms

stop_over

Examples

"we stopped at Aunt Mary's house" "they stopped for three days in Florence"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

The Union_Pacific_Railroad streamliner , City_of_San_Francisco , stopped in Ogden , Utah , for a_few minutes .

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

Leaving her house one late afternoon , Mrs._Pastern stopped to admire the October light .

Related terms

interrupt lay_over call

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[ verb ] prevent completion

Examples

"stop the project" "break the silence"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

But , alas , the authenticity seems to stop at the set 's edge .

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

He knew that in this mood he could not be stopped .

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[ noun ] the act of stopping something

Synonyms

stoppage

Examples

"the third baseman made some remarkable stops" "stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

`` He knocked_down the interference and made key stops lots_of times .

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Chico_Ruiz made a spectacular play on Alusik 's grounder in the hole in the fourth and Wert came_up with some good stops and showed a strong arm at third_base .

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[ noun ] the event of something ending

Synonyms

halt

Examples

"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

Used in print

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

We tumbled to a stop in Deacon_Gordon 's cow hole , a low-lying bit of pasture with a muddy pool of water in its middle .

9
[ noun ] a brief stay in the course of a journey

Synonyms

layover stopover

Examples

"they made a stopover to visit their friends"

Used in print

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

An hour of bouncing , a brief stop in a village to inspect a new school or dispensary .

More bouncing , another stop , a new house for teachers , a new well .

(Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)

After Captain_Docherty sent Arleigh_Griffith for Hoag he was able to complete his detailed inspection of the third floor and to receive a report from his man covering the floors above before Griffith returned , buoyed_up by a brief stop for another glass of champagne .

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[ verb ] hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

Examples

"Arrest the downward trend" "Check the growth of communism in SE Asia" "Contain the rebel movement" "Turn back the tide of communism"

Used in print

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

Good wages , patronage and subscription of various kinds stopped open protest from Negroes .

Related terms

defend cut_down containment

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[ verb ] seize on its way

Synonyms

intercept

Examples

"The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

He recognized her because she was the one who , in a winter twilight , on the edge of camp , had once stopped him and reached down her hand to touch his fly .

Related terms

catch cut_off catch

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[ noun ] a spot where something halts or pauses

Examples

"his next stop is Atlanta"

Used in print

(Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)

Rector 's next stop was at the schoolroom , where Mavis was monitoring a test .

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[ noun ] the state of inactivity following an interruption

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

How to put a stop to the Soviet buildup in Cuba and to Communist infiltration of this hemisphere ?

14
[ verb ] have end in a certain location; either spatial or metaphorical

Examples

"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed" "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"

15
[ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a consonant produced by stopping air at some point and suddenly releasing it

Examples

"his stop consonants are too aspirated"

16
[ noun ] an octagonal sign, usually at an intersection, instructing drivers to halt their vehicle

Synonyms

stop_sign

Related terms

traffic_sign

17
[ noun ] (photography) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

Synonyms

diaphragm

Examples

"the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"

Related terms

mechanical_device iris camera

18
[ noun ] a restraint that checks the motion of something

Synonyms

catch

Examples

"he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"

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[ interjection ] interjection
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[ verb ] stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

Synonyms

hold_on break

Examples

"Hold on a moment!" "We broke at noon"

Related terms

interrupt arrest

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[ noun ] a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

Examples

"in England they call a period a stop"

22
[ verb ] render unsuitable for passage

Examples

"block the way" "barricade the streets" "stop the busy road"

23
[ noun ] (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

Examples

"the organist pulled out all the stops"

Related terms

knob organ music

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[ noun ] an obstruction in a pipe or tube

Examples

"we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"

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