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verb(stop)to close by filling or obstructing
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verb(stop)to hinder or prevent the passage of
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verb(stop)to get in the way of : be wounded or killed by
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noun(stop)cessation, end
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noun(stop)a pause or breaking off in speech
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noun(stop)a graduated set of organ pipes of similar design and tone quality
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idiom(stop)to do everything possible in order to do or achieve something
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idiom(stop)—used to say that one accepts a responsibility and will not try to give it to someone else
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noun(stop)a turnable control device (as for a camera diaphragm opening) that engages with a definite click at specific settings
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verb(stop)to produce two or more tones simultaneously on (an instrument, such as a violin)
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noun(stop)material used to close open parts especially of a building for preventing the spread of fire
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noun(stop)a point at which a vehicle in public transportation stops only on prearrangement or signal
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noun(stop)an organ stop made up of flue pipes
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noun(stop)a camera lens aperture setting indicated by an f-number