stop

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

2. 2transitive verb

   To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage.

3. 3transitive verb

   To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood.

4. 4transitive verb

   To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity.

5. 5transitive verb

   To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part.

6. 6transitive verb

   To point, as a composition; to punctuate.

7. 7transitive verb

   To make fast; to stopper.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To cease from any motion, or course of action.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend.

11. 11noun

    The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.

12. 12noun

    That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction.

13. 13noun

    A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.

14. 14noun

    The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated.

15. 15noun

    In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop.

16. 16noun

    A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.

17. 17noun

    A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.

18. 18noun

    The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.

19. 19noun

    The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.

20. 20noun

    Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed.

21. 21noun

    a brief stay in the course of a journey

    "they made a stopover to visit their friends"

    Synonyms

    layoverstopover
22. 22noun

    the act of stopping something

    "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"

    "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

    Synonyms

    stoppage
23. 23noun

    an obstruction in a pipe or tube

    "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"

    Synonyms

    blockblockageclosureocclusionstoppage
24. 24noun

    a restraint that checks the motion of something

    "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"

    Synonyms

    catch
25. 25noun

    a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

    "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"

    Synonyms

    diaphragm
26. 26noun

    (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"

27. 27noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    periodpoint
28. 28noun

    a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

    "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

    Synonyms

    occlusiveplosive
29. 29noun

    the event of something ending

    "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

    Synonyms

    halt
30. 30noun

    a spot where something halts or pauses

    "his next stop is Atlanta"

31. 31noun

    the state of inactivity following an interruption

    "the negotiations were in arrest"

    "held them in check"

    Synonyms

    arrestcheckhalthitchstaystoppage
32. 32verb

    prevent completion

    "stop the project"

    "break off the negotiations"

    Synonyms

    breakdiscontinue
33. 33verb

    stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

    "Hold on a moment!"

34. 34verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    arrestcheckcontain
35. 35verb

    seize on its way

    "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

    Synonyms

    intercept
36. 36verb

    render unsuitable for passage

    "block the way"

    "barricade the streets"

    Synonyms

    barbarricadeblockblockade
37. 37verb

    cause to stop

    "stop a car"

    "stop the thief"

38. 38verb

    come to a halt, stop moving

    "the car stopped"

    "She stopped in front of a store window"

    Synonyms

    halt
39. 39verb

    interrupt a trip

    "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"

    "they stopped for three days in Florence"

40. 40verb

    stop from happening or developing

    "Block his election"

    "Halt the process"

    Synonyms

    blockhaltkibosh
41. 41verb

    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

    ceaseendfinishterminate
42. 42verb

    put an end to a state or an activity

    "Quit teasing your little brother"

    Synonyms

    ceasediscontinuequit