Stop (IPA: /ˈstɑp/)
| Stop (v. t.) |
To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound. |
| Stop (v. t.) |
To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage. |
| Stop (v. t.) |
To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood. |
| Stop (v. t.) |
To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity. |
| Stop (v. t.) |
To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part. |
| Stop (v. t.) |
To point, as a composition; to punctuate. |
| Stop (v. t.) |
To make fast; to stopper. |
| Stop (v. i.) |
To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop. |
| Stop (v. i.) |
To cease from any motion, or course of action. |
| Stop (v. i.) |
To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend. |
| Stop (n.) |
The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction. |
| Stop (n.) |
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction. |
| Stop (n.) |
A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought. |
| Stop (n.) |
The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated. |
| Stop (n.) |
In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop. |
| Stop (n.) |
A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far. |
| Stop (n.) |
A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation. |
| Stop (n.) |
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. |
| Stop (n.) |
The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds. |
| Stop (n.) |
Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed. |
| Stop |
Service in public transport |
| Stop |
Genetic element in the species Drosophila melanogaster |
| Stop |
Song from the 1979 Pink Floyd album, The Wall |
| Stop |
Single by The Moody Blues |
| Stop |
Album by Plain White T's |
| Stop Synonyms |
Check, Hitch, Halt, Stay, Stoppag, Arrest |
| Stop Synonyms |
Blockage, Block, Occlusion, Closure, Stoppage |
| Stop Synonyms |
Catch |
| Stop Synonyms |
Diaphragm |
| Stop Synonyms |
Halt |
| Stop Synonyms |
Full Stop, Point, Period, Full Point |
| Stop Synonyms |
Stop Consonant, Plosive Consonant, Occlusive, Plosive, Plosive Speech Sound |
| Stop Synonyms |
Layover, Stopover |
| Stop Synonyms |
Stoppage |
| Stop Synonyms |
Block Off, Block, Blockade, Block Up, Barricade, Ba |
| Stop Synonyms |
Discontinue, Break, Break Off |
| Stop Synonyms |
Check, Contain, Arrest, Hold Bac, Turn Back |
| Stop Synonyms |
Give Up, Cease, Discontinue, Lay Of, Quit |
| Stop Synonyms |
Cease, Terminate, End, Finish |
| Stop Synonyms |
Halt |
| Stop Synonyms |
Kibosh, Halt, Block |
| Stop Synonyms |
Hold On |
| Stop Synonyms |
Intercept |
| Stop Synonyms |
Stop Over |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Safe Tables Our Priority |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Safety Training and Observation Program |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Safety training observation program |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Satellite Tracking of Polluters |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
SCOMP Trusted Operating Program |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Save the Oppressed People |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
SHORT TERM OPERATIONS PLAN |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Sicker Than Other People |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Sicker Than Others Patrol |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Sit, Think, Observe, Plan |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Sonotherapy for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Southwest Tactical Operations Plan |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Stable Ocean Platform |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Stable tubule only polypeptide |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Stationary Transient Object Pipeline |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Statistical Operations Processor |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Stop Taking Our Past |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Structural/Thermal Optical |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Students Thinking Of Peers |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Students Thinking Of People |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Students Together Organizing Peace |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Suction termination of pregnancy |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Supersonic Transport Optimization Program |
| STOP (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Surgical termination of pregnancy |
| Spanish Translation |
Stop in Spanish is Detener |
| Tagalog Translation |
Stop in Tagalog is Himpil |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "When you are connected to your destiny, nothing and nothing can stop you ."" - T. B. Joshua |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " (About Lycans) They do. This one's been given a serum to stop regression so it can be studied." - Underworld: Evolution |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " (after hitting a stop sign) Who put that there!?" - Inspector Gadget 2 |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " (At 11 years of age) Leona, you've gotta stop - you're ruining my career!" - Beaches (film) |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " (Blood Memory) I know who could stop him. Perhaps I could arrange a meeting. Go to pier 17. Ask for Lorenz Macaro." - Underworld: Evolution |
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