stop
n 1: the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the
bottom of the hill" [syn: {halt}]
2: the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some
remarkable stops" [syn: {stoppage}]
3: a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a
stopover to visit their friends" [syn: {stopover}, {layover}]
4: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check";
"during the halt he got some lunch"; "he spent the entire
stay in his room" [syn: {arrest}, {check}, {halt}, {hitch},
{stay}, {stoppage}]
5: a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is
Atlanta"
6: a consonant produced by stopping air at some point and
suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too
aspirated" [syn: {stop consonant}, {occlusive}, {plosive
consonant}, {plosive speech sound}, {plosive}] [ant: {continuant
consonant}]
7: 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" [syn: {period}, {point},
{full stop}, {full point}]
8: (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"
9: controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras
adjust the diaphragm automatically" [syn: {diaphragm}]
10: a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a
book as a stop to hold the door open" [syn: {catch}]
11: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: {blockage},
{block}, {closure}, {occlusion}, {stoppage}]
v 1: come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped
in front of a store window" [syn: {halt}] [ant: {start}]
2: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {cease}, {give up}, {quit},
{lay off}] [ant: {continue}]
3: stop from happening or developing; "Block his election";
"Halt the process" [syn: {halt}, {block}, {kibosh}]
4: interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they
stopped for three days in Florence" [syn: {stop over}]
5: cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" [ant: {start}]
6: prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence"
[syn: {break}, {break off}, {discontinue}]
7: 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 SE Asia"; "Contain the rebel
movement" [syn: {check}, {turn back}, {arrest}, {contain},
{hold back}]
8: seize on its way, such as a letter; "intercept a messenger"
[syn: {intercept}]
9: have end in a certain location; either spatial or
metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary
bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights
of other" [syn: {terminate}]
10: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or
developments; "Hold on a moment!"; "We broke at noon"
[syn: {break}, {hold on}]