Stop
verbNoun
the act of stopping something
“the third baseman made some remarkable stops”
“his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood”
Similar:StoppageType of:ActDeedthe state of inactivity following an interruption
“he spent the entire stop in his seat”
a restraint that checks the motion of something
“he used a book as a stop to hold the door open”
Similar:CatchType of:ConstraintRestrainta consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
“his stop consonants are too aspirated”
Type of:Obstruentthe event of something ending
“it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill”
a brief stay in the course of a journey
“they made a stopover to visit their friends”
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”
a spot where something halts or pauses
“his next stop is Atlanta”
Type of:SpotPlace(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”
Type of:Knoban obstruction in a pipe or tube
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
Similar:Diaphragm
Verb
interrupt a trip
“we stopped at Aunt Mary's house”
“they stopped for three days in Florence”
Type of:DisruptInterruptprevent completion
“stop the project”
render unsuitable for passage
“stop the busy road”
come to a halt, stop moving
“the car stopped”
“She stopped in front of a store window”
Similar:Halthave an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
“Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other”
cause to stop
“stop a car”
“stop the thief”
stop from happening or developing
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
seize on its way
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
put an end to a state or an activity
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