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verbput an end to a state or an activity
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"the third baseman made some remarkable stops" "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"nounthe act of stopping something
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"stop the project"verbprevent completion
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"he spent the entire stop in his seat"nounthe state of inactivity following an interruptiontype of:
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verbstop from happening or developing
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"stop the busy road"verbrender unsuitable for passage
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"he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"nouna restraint that checks the motion of something
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"Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"verbhave an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
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verbstop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
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"we stopped at Aunt Mary's house" "they stopped for three days in Florence"verbinterrupt a trip
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"his stop consonants are too aspirated"nouna consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing ittype of:
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"the car stopped" "She stopped in front of a store window"verbcome to a halt, stop moving
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"they made a stopover to visit their friends"nouna brief stay in the course of a journeytype of:
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"in England they call a period a stop"nouna punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
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verbhold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence oftype of:
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"his next stop is Atlanta"nouna spot where something halts or pausestype of:
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"stop a car" "stop the thief"verbcause to stopOpposite:
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"the organist pulled out all the stops"noun(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipestype of:part of:
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go call place stay hold end check cut close dog point stand break catch drop finish act trip quit bar grab spot arrest settle period block cheese disappear defend ending interrupt jam prevent retire click deed forbid plug halt brake conclusion cease contain withdraw vanish stall iris hitch climax conclude intercept fracture closure terminate knob recess bog checkpoint obstruction restraint disrupt barricade lapse blockade standstill diaphragm obstruct rein stopper impede embargo adjourn blockage impediment foreclose conk layover punctuation stopover cessation constraint surcease culminate discontinue hemostasis logjam forestall inactivity stoppage kibosh preclude tripper occlusion inaction occlude impedimenta plosive doorstop give up lay off close off knock off pull the plug call it quits call it a day shut off leave off sign off obstructer obstructor breechblock breech closer vapor lock vapour lock stopple human action human activity haemostasis hemostasia stand-down standdown haemostasia break off bog down break up cut off inactiveness countercheck block off block up close up obturate detent doorstopper bench hook pawl run low run out run short turn out go out go away come out pass away cut out hold on stop over lay over take hold of mechanical device iris diaphragm occlusive plosive consonant plosive speech sound stop consonant obstruent labial stop suction stop glottal stop glottal plosive glottal catch rein in draw up pull up pull up short haul up go off tie-up pit stop night-stop full point full stop punctuation mark suspension point hold back turn back cut down topographic point loading area bus stop way station loading zone flag down bring up