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Definition of Stop
1. Noun. The event of something ending. "It came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Finish
Specialized synonyms: Cessation, Surcease, Stand, Standstill, Tie-up
Derivative terms: Halt, Halt, Halt, Halt
2. Verb. Come to a halt, stop moving. "These cars won't stop "; "She stopped in front of a store window"
Specialized synonyms: Go Off, Pull Up Short, Check, Check, Check, Rein, Rein In, Conk, Stall, Stall, Draw Up, Haul Up, Pull Up, Brake, Settle
Derivative terms: Halt, Halt, Halt
Antonyms: Start
3. Verb. Put an end to a state or an activity. "They stop moving "; "Quit teasing your little brother"
Specialized synonyms: Drop, Knock Off, Leave Off, Sign Off, Retire, Withdraw, Pull The Plug, Close Off, Shut Off, Cheese, Call It A Day, Call It Quits, Break
Derivative terms: Cease, Cessation, Discontinuance, Discontinuation, Stoppage
Antonyms: Continue
4. Noun. The act of stopping something. "His stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
Generic synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity
Specialized synonyms: Stand-down, Standdown, Haemostasia, Haemostasis, Hemostasia, Hemostasis
5. Verb. Stop from happening or developing. "They stop him from writing the letter"; "Halt the process"
Specialized synonyms: Embargo, Stay
Generic synonyms: Forbid, Foreclose, Forestall, Preclude, Prevent
Derivative terms: Blockage, Halt, Halt
6. Noun. A brief stay in the course of a journey. "They made a stopover to visit their friends"
Generic synonyms: Stay
Specialized synonyms: Night-stop, Pit Stop, Pit Stop, Stand
Derivative terms: Lay Over, Stop Over
7. Verb. Interrupt a trip. "They stopped for three days in Florence"
Generic synonyms: Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt
Specialized synonyms: Call, Lay Over, Stop Over
8. Noun. The state of inactivity following an interruption. "He spent the entire stop in his seat"
Generic synonyms: Inaction, Inactiveness, Inactivity
Specialized synonyms: Countercheck, Logjam
Derivative terms: Check, Check, Halt, Halt
9. Verb. Cause to stop. "Stop the thief"
Causes: Halt
Antonyms: Start
Derivative terms: Stoppage
10. Noun. A spot where something halts or pauses. "His next stop is Atlanta"
Generic synonyms: Place, Spot, Topographic Point
11. Verb. Prevent completion. "Break off the negotiations"
Specialized synonyms: Fracture, Bog, Bog Down, Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt
Generic synonyms: End, Terminate
Derivative terms: Discontinuation
12. Noun. A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it. "His stop consonants are too aspirated"
Generic synonyms: Obstruent
Terms within: Implosion, Explosion, Plosion
Specialized synonyms: Labial Stop, Glottal Catch, Glottal Plosive, Glottal Stop, Click, Suction Stop
Derivative terms: Occlusive
Antonyms: Continuant Consonant
13. Verb. Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of. "Turn back the tide of communism"
Specialized synonyms: Cut Down, Cut Out
Generic synonyms: Defend
Derivative terms: Containment, Containment
14. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Punctuation, Punctuation Mark
Specialized synonyms: Suspension Point
Derivative terms: Point, Point, Point
15. Verb. Seize on its way. "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
Generic synonyms: Catch, Grab, Take Hold Of
Specialized synonyms: Cut Off, Cut Out
Derivative terms: Interception, Interceptor
16. Noun. (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"
17. Verb. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
Specialized synonyms: Pass Away, Lapse, Cut Out, Go Out, Adjourn, Break Up, Recess, Disappear, Vanish, Climax, Culminate, Run Out, Go, Run Low, Run Short, Disappear, Go Away, Vanish, Close, Conclude, Come Out, Turn Out, Discontinue, Break
Antonyms: Begin
Derivative terms: End, End, End, End, End, End, End, End, Finish, Finish, Finish, Terminative, Terminus
18. Noun. A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens. "The new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
Group relationships: Camera, Photographic Camera
Specialized synonyms: Iris, Iris Diaphragm
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Device
19. Verb. Render unsuitable for passage. "Stop the busy road"
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Specialized synonyms: Block Off, Close Off, Shut Off, Close
Related verbs: Block, Obstruct
Derivative terms: Bar, Barricade, Barricade, Blockage, Blocking, Blockade, Stopper
20. Noun. A restraint that checks the motion of something. "He used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
Specialized synonyms: Bench Hook, Doorstop, Doorstopper, Click, Detent, Dog, Pawl, Trip, Tripper
Generic synonyms: Constraint, Restraint
21. Noun. An obstruction in a pipe or tube. "We had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
Specialized synonyms: Breech Closer, Breechblock, Plug, Stopper, Stopple, Vapor Lock, Vapour Lock
Generic synonyms: Impediment, Impedimenta, Obstructer, Obstruction, Obstructor
Derivative terms: Block, Block
22. Verb. Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments. "Hold on a moment!"
Definition of Stop
1. v. t. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
2. v. i. To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.
3. n. The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.
Definition of Stop
1. Verb. (intransitive) To cease moving. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To come to an end. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To close or block an opening. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive intransitive photography often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To stay a while. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive) To tarry. ¹
9. Noun. A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off. ¹
10. Noun. An action of stopping; interruption of travel. ¹
11. Noun. A device intended to block the path of a moving object; as, a door stop. ¹
12. Noun. (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis. ¹
13. Noun. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon. ¹
14. Noun. Short for a stopper, used in the phrase 'pull out all the stops'. ¹
15. Noun. A function that halts playback or recording in devices such as videocassette and DVD player. ¹
16. Noun. (by extension) A button that activates the stop function. ¹
17. Noun. (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ. ¹
18. Noun. (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible. ¹
19. Noun. (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones. ¹
20. Noun. (photography) An f-stop. ¹
21. Adverb. Prone to halting or hesitation. ¹
22. Noun. (UK dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stop
1. to discontinue the progress or motion of [v STOPPED or STOPT, STOPPING, STOPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stop
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