Definition of stop

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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..

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Cease :: Cease (v. i.) To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased..
Impede :: Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops..
Terminate :: Terminate (v. i.) To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics..
Post :: Post (n.) The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station..
Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone..
Choke :: Choke (n.) A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation..
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
Bung :: Bung (v. t.) To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up..
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..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.
Lin :: Lin (v. i.) To yield; to stop; to cease.
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)..
Kitcat :: Kitcat (a.) Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies..
Spile :: Spile (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask..
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog.
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..
Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
Stane :: Standstill (n.) A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.
Boggle :: Boggle (n.) To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision..
Stoped :: Stope (v. i.) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps..
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