stop
 stop (stŏp)v. stopped, stop·ping, stopsv. tr.
1. To close (an opening or hole) by covering, filling in, or plugging up:
The tea leaves stopped the drain.
2. To constrict (an opening or orifice):
My nose is stopped up.
3. To obstruct or block passage on (a road, for example).
4. To prevent the flow or passage of:
stop supplies from getting through.
5.
a. To halt the motion or progress of:
stopped me and asked directions.
b. To block or deflect (a blow, for example); parry or ward off.
c. To be or get in the way of (a bullet or other missile); be killed or wounded by.
6.
a. To cause to desist or to change a course of action:
stopped us from continuing the argument.
b. To prevent or restrain:
stopped him from going.
7. To discontinue or cease:
He stopped his complaining.
8.
a. To defeat (an opponent or opposing team).
b. To defeat in boxing by a knockout or technical knockout.
9. To order a bank to withhold payment of:
stopped the check.
10. Music.
a. To press down (a string on a stringed instrument) on the fingerboard to produce a desired pitch.
b. To close (a hole on a wind instrument) with the finger in sounding a desired pitch.v. intr.
1. To cease moving, progressing, acting, or operating; come to a halt:
The clock stopped in the night.
2. To put an end to what one is doing; cease:
had to stop at an exciting place in the book.
3. To interrupt one's course or journey for a brief visit or stay. Often used with by, in, or off:
stop by at a friend's house; stop in at the office; stop off at the gas station.n.
1. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped; cessation.
2. A finish; an end.
3. A stay or visit, as one taken during a trip.
4. A place at which someone or something stops:
a regular stop on my paper route; a bus stop.
5. A device or means that obstructs, blocks, or plugs up.
6. An order given to a bank to withhold payment on a check.
7. A part in a mechanism that stops or regulates movement.
8. The effective aperture of a lens, controlled by a diaphragm.
9. A mark of punctuation, especially a period.
10. Music.
a. The act of stopping a string or hole on an instrument.
b. A fret on a stringed instrument.
c. A hole on a wind instrument.
d. A device such as a key for closing the hole on a wind instrument.
e. A tuned set of pipes, as in an organ.
f. A knob, key, or pull that regulates such a set of pipes.
11. Nautical. A line used for securing something temporarily:
a sail stop.
12.
a. Linguistics. One of a set of speech sounds that is a plosive or a nasal.
b. A plosive.
13. The depression between the muzzle and top of the skull of an animal, especially a dog.
14. Games. A stopper.
15. Architecture. A projecting stone, often carved, at the end of a molding.adj.
Of, relating to, or being of use at the end of an operation or activity:
a stop code.Phrasal Verbs:stop down
To reduce (the aperture) of a lens.stop out
To withdraw temporarily from college. [Middle English stoppen, from Old English -stoppian, probably from Vulgar Latin *stuppāre, to caulk, from Latin stuppa, tow, broken flax, from Greek stuppē.] stopʹpa·ble adj.
Synonyms: stop, cease, desist, discontinue, halt1, quit
These verbs mean to bring or come to an end: stop arguing; ceased crying; desist from complaining; discontinued the treatment; halting the convoy; quit laughing.
Antonyms: start
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