arrest

arrest has 15 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
• v. t.. To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
• v. t.. To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
• v. t.. To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
• v. i.. To tarry; to rest.
• v. t.. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.
• v. t.. The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
• v. t.. Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
• v. t.. A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
• n.. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
• 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"
• 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"