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- Dictionarystop/stɒp/
verb
- 1. (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen: "his laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun" Similar
- 2. cause (an action, process, or event) to come to an end: "this harassment has got to be stopped" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a cessation of movement or operation: "all business came to a stop" Similar Opposite
- 2. a set of organ pipes of a particular tone and range of pitch.
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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.
stop, cease, quit, discontinue, desist mean to suspend or cause to suspend activity. stop applies to action or progress or to what is operating or progressing and may imply suddenness or definiteness.
[intransitive, transitive] to no longer move; to make somebody/something no longer move. The car stopped at the traffic lights. Ann stopped in front of the house. This train doesn’t stop at Oxford. stop somebody/something He was stopped by the police for speeding. She stopped the car opposite the school. Extra Examples.
STOP definition: 1. to finish doing something that you were doing: 2. to stop a journey or an activity for a short…. Learn more.
It's telling you to stop moving and to stay put. You're familiar with stop as a word meaning "quit moving," but the word's original meaning is "to plug up a hole," like when you stop the hole in your bucket with oakum (or napkins). In English, stop came to mean "arrest" for any kind of movement.
stop is the general term for the idea: to stop a clock. arrest usually refers to stopping by imposing a sudden and complete restraint: to arrest development. check implies bringing about an abrupt, partial, or temporary stop: to check a trotting horse.
Definition of stop verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and 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.
Some common synonyms of stop are cease, desist, discontinue, and quit. While all these words mean "to suspend or cause to suspend activity," stop applies to action or progress or to what is operating or progressing and may imply suddenness or definiteness.
Definitions of 'stop'. 1. If you have been doing something and then you stop doing it, you no longer do it. [...] 2. If you stop something happening, you prevent it from happening or prevent it from continuing. [...] 3. If an activity or process stops, it is no longer happening.
