Definition of stop

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Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend..

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Spare :: Spare (v. i.) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
Sist :: Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop..
Stintedness :: Stintance (n.) Restraint; stoppage.
Barricade :: Barricade (n.) To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris..
Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..
Basta :: Basta (interj.) Enough; stop.
Hollo :: Hollo (interj. & n.) Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo..
Trig :: Trig (v. t.) To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid..
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
Register :: Register (v. i.) A stop or set of pipes in an organ.
Pause :: Pause (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
Interclusion :: Interclusion (n.) Interception; a stopping / obstruction.
Flute :: Flute (n.) A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound..
Plugging :: Plugging (n.) The material of which a plug or stopple is made.
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..
Pointer :: Pointer (n.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen..
Stop :: 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..
Kent Bugle :: Kent bugle () A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle..
Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.
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