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.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks..
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..
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..
Stoppled :: Stopple (v. t.) That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple..
Punctuate :: Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning..
Basta :: Basta (interj.) Enough; stop.
Stay :: Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
Antihemorrhagic :: Antihemorrhagic (a.) Tending to stop hemorrhage.
Cease :: Cease (v. t.) To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition; to punctuate..
Obstipation :: Obstipation (n.) The act of stopping up, as a passage..
Grunt :: Grunt (n.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To make fast; to stopper.
Call :: Call (v. i.) To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders..
Valve :: Valve (n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves..
Stop :: Stopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sto.
Stopping :: Stopping (n.) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
Bombardon :: Bombardon (n.) Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide..
Field :: Field (v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder..
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