Definition of stop

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Stop (n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.

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Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
Stoppering :: Stoppered (imp. & p. p.) of Stoppe.
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..
Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance..
Stopless :: Stoping (n.) The act of excavating in the form of stopes.
Suffocate :: Suffocate (v. t.) To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
Register :: Register (v. i.) A stop or set of pipes in an organ.
Stealing :: Stealer (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To put an end to; to stop.
Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (v. t.) To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
Halt :: Halt (v. i.) To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
Intercipient :: Intercipient (a.) Intercepting; stopping.
Bassoon :: Bassoon (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc..
Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument..
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
So :: So (interj.) Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect..
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..
Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop..
Stopper :: Stopper (n.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something..
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