Definition of stop

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Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition; to punctuate..

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Delay :: Delay (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow..
Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
Call :: Call (v. i.) To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders..
Intercipient :: Intercipient (n.) One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage..
Field :: Field (v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball..
Instop :: Instop (v. t.) To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams..
Stent :: Stent (v. t.) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint..
Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) A stoppage or check.
Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
Ventage :: Ventage (n.) A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent..
Sluice :: Sluice (n.) An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate..
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption..
Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.
Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks..
Pawl :: Pawl (v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
Soft :: Soft (interj.) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
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..
Claribella :: Claribella (n.) A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
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