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stop

Nouns

• (n) the event of something ending
  • it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
  halt,
• (n) the act of stopping something
  • the third baseman made some remarkable stops
  • his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
  stoppage,
• (n) a brief stay in the course of a journey
  • they made a stopover to visit their friends
  layover, stopover,
• (n) 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
  halt, stoppage, arrest, hitch, stay, check,
• (n) a spot where something halts or pauses
  • his next stop is Atlanta
• (n) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
  • his stop consonants are too aspirated
  occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant,
• (n) 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
  full point, full stop, period, point,
• (n) (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
• (n) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
  • the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
  diaphragm,
• (n) a restraint that checks the motion of something
  • he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
  catch,
• (n) an obstruction in a pipe or tube
  • we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
  blockage, stoppage, occlusion, closure, block,

Verbs

• (v) come to a halt, stop moving
  • the car stopped
  • She stopped in front of a store window
  halt,
• (v) put an end to a state or an activity
  • Quit teasing your little brother
  cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, give up,
• (v) stop from happening or developing
  • Block his election
  • Halt the process
  kibosh, block, halt,
• (v) interrupt a trip
  • we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
  • they stopped for three days in Florence
  stop over,
• (v) cause to stop
  • stop a car
  • stop the thief
• (v) prevent completion
  • stop the project
  • break off the negotiations
  break off, discontinue, break,
• (v) 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
  hold back, arrest, turn back, contain, check,
• (v) seize on its way
  • The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
  intercept,
• (v) 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
  end, cease, terminate, finish,
• (v) render unsuitable for passage
  • block the way
  • barricade the streets
  • stop the busy road
  barricade, block, block up, bar, blockade, block off,
• (v) stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
  • Hold on a moment!
  hold on,

Synonyms

halt stoppage cease discontinue lay off quit give up layover stopover kibosh block arrest hitch stay check stop over break off break occlusive plosive plosive consonant plosive speech sound stop consonant full point full stop period point hold back turn back contain intercept end terminate finish diaphragm catch barricade block up bar blockade block off blockage occlusion closure hold on

Antonyms

get going start go preserve uphold carry on continue bear on start up continuant continuant consonant begin

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