human action,
human activity,
deed,
act a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"
stop -
a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is Atlanta"
topographic point,
spot,
place a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
bus stop a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers
checkpoint a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
pipe organ,
organ wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
stop -
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"
breech closer,
breechblock a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
stopple,
stopper,
plug (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"
stop -
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"
punctuation mark,
punctuation the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases
stop -
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
photographic camera,
camera equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
Verb
stop -
come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
forbid,
foreclose,
forestall,
preclude,
prevent command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
embargo prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya"
stay stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
stop -
interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"
call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"
lay over,
stop over interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"
stop -
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"
begin,
start set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
pass away go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away"
lapse drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
cut out cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"
go out become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark"
end,
terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
fracture fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
bog,
bog down get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"
take hold of,
grab,
catch capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
cut off,
cut out remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
stop -
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"
stop -
A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc. , for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
stop -
A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
stop -
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.