Stop Meaning
There are 22 meaning(s) for word Stop
Meaning 1 : put an end to a state or an activity
Synonyms : cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit
Synonyms : cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit
Meaning 2 : an obstruction in a pipe or tube
Synonyms : block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stoppage
Synonyms : block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stoppage
Meaning 3 : the act of stopping something
Example : the third baseman made some remarkable stops,his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
Synonyms : stoppage
Example : the third baseman made some remarkable stops,his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
Synonyms : stoppage
Meaning 5 : the state of inactivity following an interruption
Example : he spent the entire stop in his seat
Synonyms : arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage
Example : he spent the entire stop in his seat
Synonyms : arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage
Meaning 7 : render unsuitable for passage
Example : stop the busy road
Synonyms : bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade
Example : stop the busy road
Synonyms : bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade
Meaning 8 : a restraint that checks the motion of something
Example : he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
Synonyms : catch
Example : he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
Synonyms : catch
Meaning 9 : have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Example : Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
Synonyms : cease, end, finish, terminate
Example : Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
Synonyms : cease, end, finish, terminate
Meaning 10 : stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Synonyms : hold on
Synonyms : hold on
Meaning 11 : interrupt a trip
Example : we stopped at Aunt Mary's house,they stopped for three days in Florence
Synonyms : stop over
Example : we stopped at Aunt Mary's house,they stopped for three days in Florence
Synonyms : stop over
Meaning 13 : a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
Synonyms : diaphragm
Synonyms : diaphragm
Meaning 14 : a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
Example : his stop consonants are too aspirated
Synonyms : occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant
Example : his stop consonants are too aspirated
Synonyms : occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant
Meaning 15 : come to a halt, stop moving
Example : the car stopped,She stopped in front of a store window
Synonyms : halt
Example : the car stopped,She stopped in front of a store window
Synonyms : halt
Meaning 16 : the event of something ending
Example : it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
Synonyms : halt
Example : it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
Synonyms : halt
Meaning 17 : a brief stay in the course of a journey
Example : they made a stopover to visit their friends
Synonyms : layover, stopover
Example : they made a stopover to visit their friends
Synonyms : layover, stopover
Meaning 18 : a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Example : in England they call a period a stop
Synonyms : full point, full stop, period, point
Example : in England they call a period a stop
Synonyms : full point, full stop, period, point
Meaning 19 : hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Synonyms : arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back
Synonyms : arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back
Meaning 20 : a spot where something halts or pauses
Example : his next stop is Atlanta
Example : his next stop is Atlanta
Meaning 21 : cause to stop
Example : stop a car,stop the thief
Example : stop a car,stop the thief
Meaning 22 : (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
Example : the organist pulled out all the stops
Example : the organist pulled out all the stops
Stop Antonyms
How to Pronounce Stop
- stɑp
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