stop
stop - noun
the event of something ending
the act of stopping something
a brief stay in the course of a journey
the state of inactivity following an interruption
a spot where something halts or pauses
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
a restraint that checks the motion of something
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
stop - verb
- come to a halt, stop moving
- put an end to a state or an activity
- stop from happening or developing
- interrupt a trip
- cause to stop
- prevent completion
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- seize on its way
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- render unsuitable for passage
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
stop - thesaurus
arrest
bar
barricade
block
blockade
blockage
break
catch
cease
check
closure
contain
diaphragm
discontinue
end
finish
halt
hitch
intercept
kibosh
layover
occlusion
occlusive
period
plosive
point
quit
stay
stopover
stoppage
terminate