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STOP definition: 1. to finish doing something that you were doing: 2. to stop doing, using, or having something…. Learn more.
1. a. : to close by filling or obstructing. b. : to hinder or prevent the passage of. c. : to get in the way of : be wounded or killed by. easy to stop a bullet along a lonely … road Harvey Fergusson. 2. a. : to close up or block off (an opening) : plug. b. : to make impassable : choke, obstruct. c. : to cover over or fill in (a hole or crevice) 3.
to cut off, intercept, or withhold: to stop supplies. to restrain, hinder, or prevent (usually followed by from ): I couldn't stop him from going. Synonyms: impede, obstruct, thwart. to prevent from proceeding, acting, operating, continuing, etc.: to stop a speaker; to stop a car.
Definition of stop verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
STOP definition: 1. to finish doing something that you were doing: 2. to stop a journey or an activity for a short…. Learn more.
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.
Definitions of stop. verb. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. “Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other” synonyms: cease, end, finish, terminate. see more. verb. come to a halt, stop moving. “the car stopped ” “She stopped in front of a store window” synonyms: halt.
