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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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Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

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..

Stopping :: Stopped (imp. & p. p.) of Sto.

Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..

Bait :: Bait (v. i.) A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment..

Trig :: Trig (v. t.) To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid..

Block :: Block (v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way..

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..

Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.

Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.

Fielder :: Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm..

So :: So (interj.) Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.

Head :: Head (v. t.) To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship..

Station :: Station (n.) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc..

Desist :: Desist (v. i.) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.

Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.

Surcease :: Surcease (n.) Cessation; stop; end.

Spile :: Spile (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask..

Foreclose :: Foreclose (v. t.) To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.