Main entry: stop, stopover, layover
Definition: a brief stay in the course of a journey
Usage: they made a stopover to visit their friends
Definition: the act of stopping something
Usage: the third baseman made some remarkable stops; his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
Main entry: block, blockage, closure, stop, stoppage, occlusion
Definition: an obstruction in a pipe or tube
Usage: we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
Definition: a restraint that checks the motion of something
Usage: he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
Definition: a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
Usage: the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
Main entry: stop
Definition: (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
Usage: the organist pulled out all the stops
Main entry: period, full point, full stop, point, stop
Definition: a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Usage: in England they call a period a stop
Main entry: occlusive, stop, stop consonant, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound
Definition: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
Usage: his stop consonants are too aspirated
Definition: the event of something ending
Usage: it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
Main entry: stop
Definition: a spot where something halts or pauses
Usage: his next stop is Atlanta
Main entry: arrest, stop, stoppage, check, halt, hitch, stay
Definition: the state of inactivity following an interruption
Usage: 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
Main entry: break, break off, stop, discontinue
Definition: prevent completion
Usage: stop the project; break off the negotiations
Definition: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Usage: Hold on a moment!
Main entry: contain, hold back, arrest, check, stop, turn back
Definition: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Usage: Arrest the downward trend; Check the growth of communism in South East Asia; Contain the rebel movement; Turn back the tide of communism
Definition: seize on its way
Usage: The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
Main entry: stop, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade
Definition: render unsuitable for passage
Usage: block the way; barricade the streets; stop the busy road
Main entry: stop
Definition: cause to stop
Usage: stop a car; stop the thief
Definition: come to a halt, stop moving
Usage: the car stopped; She stopped in front of a store window
Definition: interrupt a trip
Usage: we stopped at Aunt Mary's house; they stopped for three days in Florence
Main entry: block, stop, halt, kibosh
Definition: stop from happening or developing
Usage: Block his election; Halt the process
Main entry: cease, stop, terminate, finish, end
Definition: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Usage: 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
Main entry: cease, quit, give up, stop, discontinue, lay off
Definition: put an end to a state or an activity
Usage: Quit teasing your little brother