Definition of stop

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Stop (v. i.) To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop..

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Estopping :: Estopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Esto.
Stop :: Stop (n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction..
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..
Roulette :: Roulette (n.) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game..
Stopping :: Stopper (v. t.) To close or secure with a stopper.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame..
Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.
Gems-horn :: Gems-horn (n.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
Fipple :: Fipple (n.) A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music..
Cork :: Cork (n.) A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork..
Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To put an end to; to stop.
Stop :: 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..
Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development..
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.
Blastophore :: Blastophore (n.) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them..
Staymaker :: Stayless (a.) Without stop or delay.
Blin :: Blin (v. t. & i.) To stop; to cease; to desist.
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