the event of something ending; it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
[ Syn: halt ]
a restraint that checks the motion of something; he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
[ Syn: catch ]
an obstruction in a pipe or tube; we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
the act of stopping something; the third baseman made some remarkable stops; his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
[ Syn: stoppage ]
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
[ Syn: stop consonant , occlusive , plosive consonant , plosive speech sound , plosive ]
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
[ Syn: period , point , full stop , full point ]
(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
[ Syn: diaphragm ]
stop (n.)
come to a halt, stop moving; the car stopped; She stopped in front of a store window
[ Syn: halt ]
render unsuitable for passage; block the way; barricade the streets; stop the busy road
[ Syn: barricade , block , blockade , block off , block up , bar ]
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; Hold on a moment!
[ Syn: hold on ]
put an end to a state or an activity; Quit teasing your little brother
[ Syn: discontinue , cease , give up , quit , lay off ]
stop from happening or developing; Block his election; Halt the process
interrupt a trip; we stopped at Aunt Marys house; they stopped for three days in Florence
[ Syn: stop over ]
cause to stop; stop a car; stop the thief'
prevent completion; stop the project; break off the negotiations
[ Syn: break , break off , discontinue ]
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 countrys airspace
[ Syn: intercept ]
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