Definition of stop

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Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend..

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Estop :: Estop (v. t.) To impede or bar by estoppel.
Sluice :: Sluice (n.) An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate..
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..
Stem :: Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current..
Gest :: Gest (n.) A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.
Halt :: Halt (n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress..
Impede :: Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops..
Blastophoric :: Blastophoric (a.) Relating to the blastophore.
Blastophoral :: Blastophoral (a.) Alt. of Blastophori.
Obturator :: Obturator (n.) That which closes or stops an opening.
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..
Quit :: Quit (v. i.) To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.
Stopping-out :: Stopping (n.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To put an end to; to stop.
Gate :: Gate (n.) A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc..
Unstop :: Unstop (v. t.) To free from any obstruction; to open.
Suspender :: Suspend (v. i.) To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank)..
Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..
Blastophore :: Blastophore (n.) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them..
Relent :: Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.
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