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Definition of stop

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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..

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Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..

Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.

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

Stintedness :: Stintance (n.) Restraint; stoppage.

Soft :: Soft (interj.) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment..

Interclusion :: Interclusion (n.) Interception; a stopping / obstruction.

Estop :: Estop (v. t.) To impede or bar by estoppel.

Fother :: Fother (v. t.) To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack..

Pawl :: Pawl (v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.

Stagely :: Stagehouse (n.) A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede..

Histophyly :: Histophyly (n.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly..

Dog :: Dog (n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool..

Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.

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..

Obstipation :: Obstipation (n.) The act of stopping up, as a passage..

Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river..

Surcease :: Surcease (n.) Cessation; stop; end.