Definition of stop

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Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound..

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Clarino :: Clarino (n.) A reed stop in an organ.
Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action..
Delay :: Delay (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
Choke :: Choke (n.) A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation..
Stammer :: Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
Nonplus :: Nonplus (v. t.) To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
Stannary :: Stank (n.) A dam or mound to stop water.
Pawl :: Pawl (v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
Suffocate :: Suffocate (v. t.) To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
Cromorna :: Cromorna (n.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe..
Copula :: Copula (n.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage..
Constipate :: Constipate (v. t.) To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels..
Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks..
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog.
There :: There (pron.) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech..
Cork :: Cork (n.) The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose..
Stopping :: Stopped (imp. & p. p.) of Sto.
Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (v. t.) To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
Unstop :: Unstop (v. t.) To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a bottle or a cask..
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