Definition of stop

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Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..

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Suspender :: Suspend (v. i.) To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank)..
Gems-horn :: Gems-horn (n.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) A stoppage or check.
Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
Sist :: Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop..
Stent :: Stent (v. i.) To stint; to stop; to cease.
Blight :: Blight (n.) The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc..
Lin :: Lin (v. i.) To yield; to stop; to cease.
Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.
Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip..
Obturation :: Obturation (n.) The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening..
Whoa :: Whoa (interj.) Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2..
Stopped :: Stoppage (n.) The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce..
Stopship :: Stopple (v. t.) To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple..
Blastophore :: Blastophore (n.) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them..
Haw :: Haw (v. i.) To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation..
Desist :: Desist (v. i.) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
Bung :: Bung (v. t.) To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up..
Stanchless :: Stanchless (a.) Incapable of being stanched, or stopped..
Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.
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