Definition of stop

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Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood..

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Choke :: Choke (v. i.) To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled..
Cease :: Cease (v. i.) To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased..
Stopping :: Stopped (imp. & p. p.) of Sto.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect..
Halt :: Halt (v. t.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment..
Dulciana :: Dulciana (n.) A sweet-toned stop of an organ.
Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..
Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To stop.
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog.
Intercipient :: Intercipient (a.) Intercepting; stopping.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound..
Stent :: Stent (v. i.) To stint; to stop; to cease.
Deoppilation :: Deoppilation (n.) Removal of whatever stops up the passages.
Stint :: Stint (v. i.) To stop; to cease.
Caveat :: Caveat (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
Stop :: Stop (n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction..
Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..
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