Stop
[stɒp] or [stɑp]
Definition
(noun.) a brief stay in the course of a journey; 'they made a stopover to visit their friends'.
(noun.) the act of stopping something; 'the third baseman made some remarkable stops'; 'his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood'.
(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.) the event of something ending; 'it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill'.
(noun.) a spot where something halts or pauses; 'his next stop is Atlanta'.
(verb.) cause to stop; 'stop a car'; 'stop the thief'.
(verb.) come to a halt, stop moving; 'the car stopped'; 'She stopped in front of a store window'.
(verb.) interrupt a trip; 'we stopped at Aunt Mary's house'; 'they stopped for three days in Florence'.
(verb.) stop from happening or developing; 'Block his election'; 'Halt the process'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
(v. t.) To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage.
(v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood.
(v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity.
(v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part.
(v. t.) To point, as a composition; to punctuate.
(v. t.) To make fast; to stopper.
(v. i.) To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.
(v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action.
(v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend.
(n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.
(n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction.
(n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
(n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated.
(n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop.
(n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.
(n.) A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.
(n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
(n.) The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.
(n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Close, close up.[2]. Hinder, repress, restrain, suppress, obstruct, stay, intercept, preclude, thwart, impede, interrupt, block, blockade, barricade, check, bring to a stand-still, lay an embargo on.[3]. Leave, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, make an end of.[4]. Suspend, arrest, intermit, discontinue, quiet, put an end to.
v. n. [1]. Be at a stand-still, come to a stand, come to a stand-still, come to a dead lock, cease progress, halt, stand still, lie by, LIE TO.[2]. Cease, desist, forbear, leave off, break off.[3]. [Colloquial, U. S.] Tarry, stay, lodge, take lodgings, have lodgings.
n. [1]. Pause, rest, intermission.[2]. Interruption, repression, obstruction, hinderance, obstacle, check, impediment.[3]. Point, mark of punctuation.
Edited by Harold
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Close, obstruct, plug, cork, bar, seal, arrest, suspend, end, rest, halt,hinder, suppress, delay, cease, terminate
ANT:Open, expedite, clear, broach, unseal, promote, advance, farther, continue,proceed, speed, hasten
SYN:Pause, cessation, intermission, rest, quietus,[See BEND]
Editor: Myra
Definition
v.t. to stuff or close up: to obstruct: to render impassable: to hinder from further motion progress effect or change: to restrain repress suppress suspend: to intercept: to apply musical stops to: to regulate the sounds of a stringed instrument by shortening the strings with the fingers: (naut.) to make fast.—v.i. to cease going forward: to cease from any motion or action to stay tarry: to leave off: to be at an end: to ward off a blow:—pr.p. stop′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. stopped.—n. act of stopping: state of being stopped: hinderance: obstacle: interruption: (mus.) one of the vent-holes in a wind instrument or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced: a mark used in punctuation: an alphabetic sound involving a complete closure of the mouth-organs: a wooden batten on a door or window-frame against which it closes: a stop-thrust in fencing.—ns. Stop′-cock a short pipe in a cask &c. opened and stopped by turning a cock or key; Stop′-gap that which fills a gap or supplies a deficiency esp. an expedient of emergency; Stop′-mō′tion a mechanical arrangement for producing an automatic stop in machinery as for shutting off steam &c.; Stop′page act of stopping: state of being stopped: an obstruction; Stop′per one who stops: that which closes a vent or hole as the cork or glass mouthpiece for a bottle: (naut.) a short rope for making something fast.—v.t. to close or secure with a stopper.—ns. Stop′ping that which fills up material for filling up cracks &c. filling material for teeth: Stop′ping-out the practice in etching of covering certain parts with a composition impervious to acid to keep the acid off them while allowing it to remain on the other parts to mark them more; Stop′-watch a watch whose hands can be stopped to allow of time that has elapsed being calculated more exactly used in timing a race &c.
Typist: Sean
Examples
- I saw them stop near the church and speak to the sexton's wife, who had come from the cottage, and had waited, watching us from a distance. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had arranged to stop at Frizinghall that night, having occasion to consult his father on business. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I do declare once for all that it ought to be put a stop to. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Little Dorrit tried to stop her from saying anything, but she answered that she would, she must! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Edith Baxter was within thirty yards of the stables, when a man appeared out of the darkness and called to her to stop. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Stop,' said Mr Inspector; 'not till I tell you: We mustn't look like business. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The boy gathers up his change and has pulled the door open by a leather strap nailed to it for the purpose, when Venus cries out: 'Stop him! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When to-morrow comes, and he knows that I am in the house, do you think---- She stopped again, and looked at me very earnestly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We did not go very far along the road, for Holmes stopped the instant that the curve hid us from the landlord's view. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But when they came to the town into Frances Street, the girl stopped a minute, and said, 'Yo'll not forget yo're to come and see us. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And he had hardly looked up, to see what the matter was, when he was stopped by having a pair of arms thrown tight round his neck. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Safety clutches are numerous, by which the machine is quickly and automatically stopped by the action of electro-magnets should a workman or other obstruction be caught in the machinery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I never meant, my dear Wegg--' Mr Boffin was beginning, when Silas stopped him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Jo stops in the middle of a bite and looks petrified. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The cylinder stops, and current operates the sluggish press-magnet, causing its armature to be attracted, thus lifting the platen and its projecting arm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then he stops, and with more of those inarticulate sounds, lifts up his eyes and seems to stare at something. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The more pure and soft the iron is, the stronger will its magnetism be while it lasts, and the more completely will it disappear when the current stops. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Have your fare ready, and the instant that your cab stops, dash through the Arcade, timing yourself to reach the other side at a quarter-past nine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Find-- Mr. Bucket stops his hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was still raining hard and I thought some of the stops in the movement of the column might be from cars with wet wiring. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- About a mile west from where I had been stopping a road comes up from the southeast, joining that from La Grange to Memphis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Brass tubes can easily be bent by ramming full of sand, stopping the ends, and bending them over a curved surface. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I have been very happy here,' and Margaret closed her eyes by way of stopping the conversation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Tom, said Eva, suddenly stopping, and pointing to the lake, there 't is. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I am stopping at the Elephant, she continued. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You see, said the old man, stopping and turning round, they--Hi! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To stop the locomotive, the armature circuit was opened by the main switch, stopping the flow of current, and then brakes were applied by long levers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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