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Stop
see synonyms of stopNoun
1. halt, stop
the event of something ending
Example Sentences:'it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill'
2. stop, stoppage
the act of stopping something
Example Sentences:'the third baseman made some remarkable stops''his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood'
a brief stay in the course of a journey
Example Sentences:'they made a stopover to visit their friends'
4. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
the state of inactivity following an interruption
Example Sentences:'the negotiations were in arrest''held them in check''during the halt he got some lunch''the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow''he spent the entire stop in his seat'
5. stop
a spot where something halts or pauses
Example Sentences:'his next stop is Atlanta'
6. occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
Example Sentences:'his stop consonants are too aspirated'
7. full point, full stop, period, point, stop
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Example Sentences:'in England they call a period a stop'
8. stop
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
Example Sentences:'the organist pulled out all the stops'
9. diaphragm, stop
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
Example Sentences:'the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically'
10. catch, stop
a restraint that checks the motion of something
Example Sentences:'he used a book as a stop to hold the door open'
11. block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
Example Sentences:'we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe'
Verb
12. halt, stop
come to a halt, stop moving
Example Sentences:'the car stopped''She stopped in front of a store window'
13. cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop
put an end to a state or an activity
Example Sentences:'Quit teasing your little brother'
stop from happening or developing
Example Sentences:'Block his election''Halt the process'
15. stop, stop over
interrupt a trip
Example Sentences:'we stopped at Aunt Mary's house''they stopped for three days in Florence'
16. stop
cause to stop
Example Sentences:'stop a car''stop the thief'
17. break, break off, discontinue, stop
prevent completion
Example Sentences:'stop the project''break off the negotiations'
18. arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Example Sentences:'Arrest the downward trend''Check the growth of communism in South East Asia''Contain the rebel movement''Turn back the tide of communism'
19. intercept, stop
seize on its way
Example Sentences:'The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace'
20. cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Example Sentences:'the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed''Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other''My property ends by the bushes''The symphony ends in a pianissimo'
21. bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop
render unsuitable for passage
Example Sentences:'block the way''barricade the streets''stop the busy road'
22. hold on, stop
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Example Sentences:'Hold on a moment!'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Stop
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Stop
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Stop
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