stop meaning and definition

STOP noun

Definition of stop (noun)

1. the event of something ending
   • "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
   • synonyms: halt
2. the act of stopping something
   • "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
   • synonyms: stoppage
3. a brief stay in the course of a journey
   • "they made a stopover to visit their friends"
   • synonyms: layover, stopover
4. the state of inactivity following an interruption
   • "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
   • synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage
5. a spot where something halts or pauses
   • "his next stop is Atlanta"
6. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
   • "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
   • synonyms: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant
   • antonym: continuant
7. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
   • "in England they call a period a stop"
   • synonyms: full point, full stop, period, point
8. (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
   • "the organist pulled out all the stops"
9. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
   • "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
   • synonyms: diaphragm
10. a restraint that checks the motion of something
    • "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
    • synonyms: catch
11. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
    • "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
    • synonyms: block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stoppage

STOP verb

Definition of stop (verb)

1. come to a halt, stop moving
   • "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
   • synonyms: halt
   • antonym: get going
2. put an end to a state or an activity
   • "Quit teasing your little brother"
   • synonyms: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit
   • antonym: bear on
3. stop from happening or developing
   • "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
   • synonyms: block, halt, kibosh
4. interrupt a trip
   • "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"
   • synonyms: stop over
5. cause to stop
   • "stop a car"; "stop the thief"
   • antonym: start
6. prevent completion
   • "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
   • synonyms: break, break off, discontinue
7. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
   • "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
   • synonyms: arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back
8. seize on its way
   • "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
   • synonyms: intercept
9. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
   • "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
   • synonyms: cease, end, finish, terminate
   • antonym: begin
10. render unsuitable for passage
    • "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
    • synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade
11. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
    • "Hold on a moment!"
    • synonyms: hold on