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stop
verb(stop)
put an end to a state or an activity
Synonyms: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit,
stop
noun(stop)
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stoppage,
stop
noun(stop)
the act of stopping something
Synonyms: stoppage,
Examples:
The third baseman made some remarkable stops.
His stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood.
stop
verb(stop)
prevent completion
Synonyms: break, break off, discontinue,
Examples:
Stop the project.
stop
noun(stop)
the state of inactivity following an interruption
Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage,
Examples:
He spent the entire stop in his seat.
stop
verb(stop)
stop from happening or developing
Synonyms: block, halt, kibosh,
stop
verb(stop)
render unsuitable for passage
Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade,
Examples:
Stop the busy road.
stop
noun(stop)
a restraint that checks the motion of something
Synonyms: catch,
Examples:
He used a book as a stop to hold the door open.
stop
verb(stop)
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Synonyms: cease, end, finish, terminate,
Examples:
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other.
stop
verb(stop)
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Synonyms: hold on,
stop
verb(stop)
interrupt a trip
Synonyms: stop over,
Examples:
We stopped at Aunt Mary's house.
They stopped for three days in Florence.
stop
verb(stop)
seize on its way
Synonyms: intercept,
stop
noun(stop)
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
Synonyms: diaphragm,
stop
noun(stop)
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
Synonyms: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant,
Examples:
His stop consonants are too aspirated.
stop
verb(stop)
come to a halt, stop moving
Synonyms: halt,
Antonyms: start,
Examples:
The car stopped.
She stopped in front of a store window.
stop
noun(stop)
the event of something ending
Synonyms: halt,
Examples:
It came to a stop at the bottom of the hill.
stop
noun(stop)
a brief stay in the course of a journey
Synonyms: layover, stopover,
Examples:
They made a stopover to visit their friends.
stop
noun(stop)
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Synonyms: full point, full stop, period, point,
Examples:
In England they call a period a stop.
stop
verb(stop)
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Synonyms: arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back,
stop
noun(stop)
a spot where something halts or pauses
Examples:
His next stop is Atlanta.
stop
verb(stop)
cause to stop
Antonyms: start,
Examples:
Stop a car.
Stop the thief.
stop
noun(stop)
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
Examples:
The organist pulled out all the stops.

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