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a brief stay in the course of a journey
they made a stopover to visit their friends
(noun) stoppage
the act of stopping something
the third baseman made some remarkable stops; his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
(noun) block, blockage, closure, stoppage, occlusion
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
(noun) catch
a restraint that checks the motion of something
he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
(noun) diaphragm
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
(noun) period, full point, full stop, point
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
in England they call a period a stop
(noun) occlusive, stop consonant, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
his stop consonants are too aspirated
(noun) halt
the event of something ending
it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
(noun) arrest, stoppage, check, halt, hitch, stay
the state of inactivity following an interruption
the negotiations were in arrest; held them in check; during the halt he got some lunch; the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow; he spent the entire stop in his seat
(verb) break, break off, discontinue
prevent completion
stop the project; break off the negotiations
(verb) hold on
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Hold on a moment!
(verb) contain, hold back, arrest, check, turn back
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Arrest the downward trend; Check the growth of communism in South East Asia; Contain the rebel movement; Turn back the tide of communism
(verb) intercept
seize on its way
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
(verb) bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade
render unsuitable for passage
block the way; barricade the streets; stop the busy road
(verb) halt
come to a halt, stop moving
the car stopped; She stopped in front of a store window
(verb) stop over
interrupt a trip
we stopped at Aunt Mary's house; they stopped for three days in Florence
stop from happening or developing
Block his election; Halt the process
(verb) cease, terminate, finish, end
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed; Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other; My property ends by the bushes; The symphony ends in a pianissimo
(verb) cease, quit, give up, discontinue, lay off
put an end to a state or an activity
Quit teasing your little brother