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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Tarry :: Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.
Interclusion :: Interclusion (n.) Interception; a stopping / obstruction.
Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
Bode :: Bode (n.) A stop; a halting; delay.
Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
Stop :: Stopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sto.
Gastrula :: Gastrula (n.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastraea..
Stammer :: Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
Cease :: Cease (v. t.) To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
Stope :: Stope (v. t.) To excavate in the form of stopes.
Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede..
Cystoplast :: Cystoplast (n.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..
Stopple :: Stoppling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoppl.
March :: March (n.) The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.
Subbeadle :: Sub-bass (n.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass..
Whoa :: Whoa (interj.) Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2..
Pause :: Pause (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect..
Interrupted :: Interrupted (a.) Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.
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