Definition of stop

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Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..

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Obstruct :: Obstruct (v. t.) To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body..
Interclusion :: Interclusion (n.) Interception; a stopping / obstruction.
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..
Stopping :: Stopping (n.) Material for filling a cavity.
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust..
Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A certain organ stop or register.
Obstipation :: Obstipation (n.) The act of stopping up, as a passage..
Stanchion :: Stancher (n.) One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
Choke :: Choke (v. i.) To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled..
Oppilation :: Oppilation (n.) The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping by redundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower intestines..
Stopping :: Stopper (v. t.) To close or secure with a stopper.
Face :: Face (v. t.) To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle..
Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..
Fielder :: Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.
Doorstop :: Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door..
Hoa :: Hoa (interj.) A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
Interference :: Interference (n.) The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others..
Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..
Stead :: Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them..
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