Meaning of 'stop'

noun

a brief stay in the course of a journey

Example: "they made a stopover to visit their friends"

Synonyms: stopover layover

noun

the act of stopping something

Example: "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"

Synonyms: stoppage

noun

an obstruction in a pipe or tube

Synonyms: closure

noun

a restraint that checks the motion of something

Example: "They used a book as a stop to hold the door open."

Synonyms: catch

noun

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

Synonyms: diaphragm

noun

a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

Example: "The organist pulled out all the stops as the fugue drew to a close."

noun

a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

Example: "in England they call a period a stop"

Synonyms: point period full stop full point

noun

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

Example: "My stop consonants are too aspirated."

Synonyms: occlusive

noun

the event of something ending

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

Synonyms: halt

noun

a spot where something halts or pauses

Example: "The next stop is Atlanta."

noun

the state of inactivity following an interruption

Synonyms: check

verb

prevent completion

Example: "stop the project"

Synonyms: break off discontinue

verb

stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

Synonyms: hold on

verb

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy

Synonyms: arrest

verb

seize on its way

Synonyms: intercept

verb

render unsuitable for passage

Synonyms: blockade

verb

cause to stop

Example: "stop a car"

Synonyms: arrest

verb

come to a halt, stop moving

Example: "the car stopped"

Synonyms: halt

verb

interrupt a trip

Example: "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"

Synonyms: stop over

verb

stop from happening or developing

Synonyms: block

verb

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

Synonyms: finish

verb

put an end to a state or an activity

Synonyms: cease discontinue give up quit lay off