Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
- 2intransitive verb
To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
- 3transitive verb
To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
- 4noun
Extinction.
- 5noun
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
- 6verb
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"
- 7verb
put an end to a state or an activity
"Quit teasing your little brother"
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