Definition of stop

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Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound..

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Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A certain organ stop or register.
Stint :: Stint (v. i.) To stop; to cease.
Stond :: Stond (n.) Stop; halt; hindrance.
Halt :: Halt (n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress..
Plugging :: Plugging (n.) The act of stopping with a plug.
Post :: Post (n.) The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station..
Histophyly :: Histophyly (n.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly..
Plug :: Plug (n.) Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple..
Stop-over :: Stopless (a.) Not to be stopped.
Harmonium :: Harmonium (n.) A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops..
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
Pointer :: Pointer (n.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part..
Stead :: Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them..
Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..
Demurrer :: Demurrer (n.) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further..
Antihemorrhagic :: Antihemorrhagic (a.) Tending to stop hemorrhage.
Point :: Point (n.) A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion..
Stope :: Stope (v. t.) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out..
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