Stop (verb)
To cease moving.
“I stopped at the traffic lights.”
Stop (verb)
To not continue.
“The riots stopped when police moved in.”
“Soon the rain will stop.”
Stop (verb)
To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
“The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.”
“This guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him.”
Stop (verb)
To cause (something) to come to an end.
“The referees stopped the fight.”
Stop (verb)
To close or block an opening.
“He stopped the wound with gauze.”
Stop (verb)
To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
“To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.”
Stop (verb)
To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
“to stop with a friend”
“He stopped for two weeks at the inn.”
“He stopped at his friend’s house before continuing with his drive.”
Stop (verb)
To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
Stop (verb)
To punctuate.
Stop (verb)
To make fast; to stopper.
Stop (noun)
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
“Related terms: halt, station.”
“They agreed to meet at the bus stop.”
Stop (noun)
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
“That stop was not planned.”
Stop (noun)
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
Stop (noun)
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
“door stop”
Stop (noun)
A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
Stop (noun)
A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
“plosive|occlusive”
Stop (noun)
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
Stop (noun)
A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
“The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.”
Stop (noun)
A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
Stop (noun)
The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
“The stop in a bulldog’s face is very marked.”
Stop (noun)
An f-stop.
Stop (noun)
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
Stop (noun)
A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
Stop (adverb)
Prone to halting or hesitation.
“He’s stop still.”
Stop (adjective)
Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
Cease (verb)
To stop.
“And with that, his twitching ceased.”
Cease (verb)
To stop doing (something).
“And with that, he ceased twitching.”
Cease (verb)
To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
Cease (noun)
Cessation; extinction.
Stop (verb)
(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen
“his laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun”
“the rain had stopped and the clouds had cleared”
Stop (verb)
cease to perform a specified action or have a specified experience
“she stopped giggling”
“he stopped work for tea”
Stop (verb)
abandon a specified practice or habit
“I’ve stopped eating meat”
Stop (verb)
stop moving or operating
“my watch has stopped”
“he stopped to look at the view”
Stop (verb)
(of a bus or train) call at a designated place to pick up or set down passengers
“main-line trains stop at platform 7”
Stop (verb)
stay somewhere for a short time
“you’ll have to stop the night”
Stop (verb)
cause (an action, process, or event) to come to an end
“this harassment has got to be stopped”
Stop (verb)
prevent (an action or event) from happening
“a security guard was killed trying to stop a raid”
Stop (verb)
prevent or dissuade (someone) from continuing in an activity or achieving an aim
“a campaign is under way to stop the bombers”
Stop (verb)
prevent (someone or something) from performing a specified action or undergoing a specified experience
“you can’t stop me from getting what I want”
“several attempts were made to stop him giving evidence”
Stop (verb)
cause or order to cease moving or operating
“he stopped his car by the house”
“police were given powers to stop and search suspects”
Stop (verb)
be hit by (a bullet).
Stop (verb)
instruct a bank to withhold payment on (a cheque)
“he grew nervous about the deal and asked his bank manager to stop the cheque”
Stop (verb)
refuse to supply as usual; withhold or deduct
“they stopped the strikers’ wages”
Stop (verb)
defeat (an opponent) by a knockout
“he was stopped in the sixth by Tyson”
Stop (verb)
pinch back (a plant).
Stop (verb)
block or close up (a hole or leak)
“the stile has been stopped up”
“he tried to stop the hole with the heel of his boot”
Stop (verb)
put a filling in (a tooth).
Stop (verb)
block the mouth of (a fox’s earth) prior to a hunt.
Stop (verb)
plug the upper end of (an organ pipe), giving a note an octave lower.
Stop (verb)
obtain the required pitch from (the string of a violin or similar instrument) by pressing at the appropriate point with the finger.
Stop (verb)
make (a rope) fast with a stopper.
Stop (verb)
be or behave in a particular way
“‘Why was she so?’ ‘I don’t know, you know how dem old people stop.’”
Stop (verb)
remain in a particular state or condition
“he said I mustn’t stop barefooted, so I had to buy a pair of new shoes”
Stop (noun)
a cessation of movement or operation
“there were constant stops and changes of pace”
“all business came to a stop”
Stop (noun)
a break or halt during a journey
“allow an hour or so for driving and as long as you like for stops”
“the flight landed for a refuelling stop”
Stop (noun)
a place designated for a bus or train to halt and pick up or set down passengers
“the bus was pulling up at her stop”
Stop (noun)
an object or part of a mechanism which is used to prevent something from moving
“the shelves have special stops to prevent them from being pulled out too far”
Stop (noun)
a punctuation mark, especially a full stop.
Stop (noun)
used in telegrams to indicate a full stop
“MEET YOU AT THE AIRPORT STOP”
Stop (noun)
a consonant produced with complete closure of the vocal tract
“a bilabial stop”
“stop consonants”
Stop (noun)
a high card that prevents the opponents from establishing a particular suit; a control
“if West bids 3♥ now, this will show a heart stop”
Stop (noun)
a short length of rope used to secure something; a stopper.
Stop (noun)
a set of organ pipes of a particular tone and range of pitch.
Stop (noun)
a knob, lever, or similar device in an organ or harpsichord which brings into play a set of pipes or strings of a particular tone and range of pitch.
Stop (noun)
the effective diameter of a lens.
Stop (noun)
a device for reducing the effective diameter of a lens.
Stop (noun)
a unit of change of relative aperture or exposure (with a reduction of one stop equivalent to halving it).
Cease (verb)
come or bring to an end
“they were asked to cease all military activity”
“on his retirement the job will cease to exist”
“the hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed”