Definition of stop

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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..

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Obstipation :: Obstipation (n.) The act of stopping up, as a passage..
Peace :: Peace (v. t. & i.) To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.
Stealing :: Stealer (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
Shut :: Shut (a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g..
Cromorna :: Cromorna (n.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe..
Waft :: Waft (n.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag..
Gems-horn :: Gems-horn (n.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
Stopping-out :: Stopping (n.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
Stop :: Stop (n.) A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation..
Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip..
Estop :: Estop (v. t.) To impede or bar by estoppel.
Stop-gap :: Stopen (p. p.) Stepped; gone; advanced.
Pug :: Pug (v. t.) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2..
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..
Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..
Stopple :: Stoppling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoppl.
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
Padlock :: Padlock (v. t.) To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock..
Estophed :: Estophed (imp. & p. p.) of Esto.
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