Definition of stop

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Stop (v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action..

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Antihemorrhagic :: Antihemorrhagic (a.) Tending to stop hemorrhage.
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..
Stop :: Stop (n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop..
Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A kind of organ stop.
Stint :: Stint (v. i.) To stop; to cease.
Hoa :: Hoa (interj.) Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything..
Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..
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..
Stopless :: Stoping (n.) The act of excavating in the form of stopes.
Aristophanic :: Aristophanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet..
Christophany :: Christophany (n.) An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion..
Cromorna :: Cromorna (n.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe..
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..
Plug :: Plug (v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
Haw :: Haw (v. i.) To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation..
Fall :: Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol..
Stope :: Stoping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stop.
Plugging :: Plugging (n.) The act of stopping with a plug.
Wad :: Wad (n.) A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc..
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