Definition of stop | What does stop mean?
What is the definition of the word STOP?
Here is a list of definitions for stop.
- the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
- the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
- a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"
- 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"
- a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is Atlanta"
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
- 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"
- (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled out all the stops"
- a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
- a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
What are the verbs of the word STOP?
Here is a list of definitions for stop.
- come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
- put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
- stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
- interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"
- cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"
- prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
- 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"
- seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
- 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"
- render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"
What are the synonyms of the word STOP?
What is another word for STOP?. Here is a list of synonyms for STOP
- STOP
- HALT
- STOPPAGE
- STOPOVER
- LAYOVER
- ARREST
- CHECK
- HITCH
- STAY
- STOP CONSONANT
- OCCLUSIVE
- PLOSIVE CONSONANT
- PLOSIVE SPEECH SOUND
- PLOSIVE
- PERIOD
- POINT
- FULL STOP
- FULL POINT
- DIAPHRAGM
- CATCH
- BLOCKAGE
- BLOCK
- CLOSURE
- OCCLUSION
- DISCONTINUE
- CEASE
- GIVE UP
- QUIT
- LAY OFF
- KIBOSH
- STOP OVER
- BREAK
- BREAK OFF
- TURN BACK
- CONTAIN
- HOLD BACK
- INTERCEPT
- END
- FINISH
- TERMINATE
- BARRICADE
- BLOCKADE
- BLOCK OFF
- BLOCK UP
- BAR
- HOLD ON
Words beginning with STOP?
We only list the first 50 results for words beginning with STOP.
- stopwatches
- stopwatch
- stopt
- stops
- stoppling
- stopples
- stoppled
- stopple
- stoppings
- stopping
- stoppers
- stoppering
- stoppered
- stopper
- stopped
- stoppages
- stoppage
- stoppable
- stopovers
- stopover
- stopoffs
- stopoff
- stoplights
- stoplight
- stopless
- stopings
- stoping
- stopgaps
- stopgap
- stopes
- stopers
- stoper
- stoped
- stope
- stopcocks
- stopcock
- stopbanks
- stopbank
- stop
In which dictionaries does the word stop exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes