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'.

Checked by Adrienne--From WordNet

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

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