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

[ Syn: arrest , check , halt , hitch , stay , stop ]

an obstruction in a pipe or tube; we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe

[ Syn: blockage , block , closure , occlusion , stop ]

the act of stopping something; the third baseman made some remarkable stops; his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood

[ Syn: stop ]