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stop

(st/A/p )

noun (n)

the event of something ending(noun.event)

Example:
It came to a stop at the bottom of the hill.

Synonym:
halt

source: wordnet30
the act of stopping something(noun.act)

Example:
The third baseman made some remarkable stops.
His stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood.

Synonym:
stoppage

source: wordnet30
a brief stay in the course of a journey(noun.act)

Example:
They made a stopover to visit their friends.

Synonym:
layover, stopover

source: wordnet30
the state of inactivity following an interruption(noun.state)

Example:
He spent the entire stop in his seat.

Synonym:
arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage

source: wordnet30
a spot where something halts or pauses(noun.location)

Example:
His next stop is Atlanta.

source: wordnet30
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it(noun.communication)

Example:
His stop consonants are too aspirated.

Synonym:
occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant
Antonym:
continuant, continuant consonant

source: wordnet30
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations(noun.communication)

Example:
In England they call a period a stop.

Synonym:
full point, full stop, period, point

source: wordnet30
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes(noun.artifact)

Example:
The organist pulled out all the stops.

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a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
diaphragm

source: wordnet30
a restraint that checks the motion of something(noun.artifact)

Example:
He used a book as a stop to hold the door open.

Synonym:
catch

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an obstruction in a pipe or tube(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stoppage

source: wordnet30
The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

come to a halt, stop moving(verb.motion)

Example:
The car stopped.
She stopped in front of a store window.

Antonym:
get going, go, start

source: wordnet30
put an end to a state or an activity(verb.stative)

Synonym:
cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit
Antonym:
bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold

source: wordnet30
stop from happening or developing(verb.social)

Synonym:
block, halt, kibosh

source: wordnet30
interrupt a trip(verb.motion)

Example:
We stopped at Aunt Mary's house.
They stopped for three days in Florence.

Synonym:
stop over

source: wordnet30
cause to stop(verb.motion)

Example:
Stop a car.
Stop the thief.

Synonym:
arrest, halt, hold
Antonym:
start, start up

source: wordnet30
prevent completion(verb.change)

Example:
Stop the project.

Synonym:
break, break off, discontinue

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hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of(verb.competition)

Synonym:
arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back

source: wordnet30
seize on its way(verb.contact)

Synonym:
intercept

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have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical(verb.stative)

Example:
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other.

Synonym:
cease, end, finish, terminate
Antonym:
begin, start

source: wordnet30
render unsuitable for passage(verb.contact)

Example:
Stop the busy road.

Synonym:
bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade

source: wordnet30
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments(verb.change)

Synonym:
hold on

source: wordnet30
To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.(verb)

source: webster1913

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