Definition of stop

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Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood..

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Stopper :: Stopper (n.) One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Nonplus :: Nonplus (v. t.) To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
Avast :: Avast (a.) Cease; stop; stay.
Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
Stickle :: Stickle (v. t.) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate..
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A kind of organ stop.
Tarry :: Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.
Stoping :: Stoped (imp. & p. p.) of Stop.
Becalm :: Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed..
Still :: Still (a.) To stop, as noise; to silence..
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust..
Ventage :: Ventage (n.) A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent..
Interclusion :: Interclusion (n.) Interception; a stopping / obstruction.
Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone..
Stop :: Stop (n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
Cromorna :: Cromorna (n.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe..
Tap :: Tap (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet..
Obturation :: Obturation (n.) The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening..
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand..
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