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stop
a brief stay in the course of a journey
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noun
a brief stay in the course of a journey
“they made a stopover to visit their friends”
noun
the act of stopping something
“the third baseman made some remarkable stops”
noun
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
“we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe”
noun
a restraint that checks the motion of something
“he used a book as a stop to hold the door open”
noun
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
“the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically”
noun
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
“the organist pulled out all the stops”
noun
a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
“in England they call a period a ‘stop’”
noun
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
“his stop consonants are too aspirated”
noun
the event of something ending
“it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill”
noun
a spot where something halts or pauses
“his next stop is Atlanta”
noun
the state of inactivity following an interruption
“the negotiations were in arrest”
verb
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
“Hold on a moment!”
verb
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
“Arrest the downward trend”
verb
seize on its way
“The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace”
verb
render unsuitable for passage
“block the way”
verb
cause to end
“stop a car”
verb
come to a halt, stop moving
“the car stopped”
verb
interrupt a trip
“we stopped at Aunt Mary's house”
verb
stop from happening or developing
“Block his election”
verb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
“the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”
verb
put an end to a state or an activity
“Quit teasing your little brother”
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Example Sentences
they made a stopover to visit their friends
the third baseman made some remarkable stops
his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
the organist pulled out all the stops
in England they call a period a ‘stop’
his stop consonants are too aspirated
it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
his next stop is Atlanta
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
Hold on a moment!
Arrest the downward trend
Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
Contain the rebel movement
Turn back the tide of communism
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
block the way
barricade the streets
stop the busy road
stop a car
stop the thief
the car stopped
She stopped in front of a store window
we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
they stopped for three days in Florence
Block his election
Halt the process
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
Quit teasing your little brother
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