stop

UK [stɔp] US /stɒp/
noun 7verb 5punct 1

Definitions

verb

1

To cease moving.

I stopped at the traffic lights.

2

Not to continue.

The riots stopped when police moved in.

Soon the rain will stop.

3

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.

4

To cease; to no longer continue.

One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.

5

To cause (something) to come to an end.

The referees stopped the fight.

noun

1

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

They agreed to meet at the bus stop.

2

An action of stopping; interruption of travel.

That stop was not planned.

It is […] doubtful […] whether it contributed anything to the stop of the infection.

3

That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.

A fatal stop trauerst their headlong course

So melancholy a prospect should inspire us with zeal to oppose some stop to the rising torrent.

4

A device intended to block the path of a moving object

door stop

5

A device intended to block the path of a moving object

punct

1

Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.

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