cease

cease is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
2. intransitive verb. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
3. transitive verb. To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
4. noun. Extinction.
5. noun. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
6. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: end, finish, stop, terminate

7. verb. put an end to a state or an activity

   "Quit teasing your little brother"

   Synonyms: discontinue, quit, stop

Synonyms

end, finish, stop, terminate, discontinue, quit

Common word forms

ceased, ceases, ceasing, ceaseless

Words from these letters

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