cease

cease has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. i.. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
• v. i.. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
• v. t.. To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
• n.. Extinction.
• n.. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
• 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"
• v.. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"