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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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..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
Halt :: Halt (n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress..
Stop :: Stopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sto.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
Full :: Full (Compar.) Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon..
Tompion :: Tompion (n.) A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.
Fluework :: Fluework (n.) A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from reedwork.
Quit :: Quit (v. i.) To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.
Punctuate :: Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning..
Intercipient :: Intercipient (a.) Intercepting; stopping.
Kitcat :: Kitcat (a.) Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies..
Burette :: Burette (n.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition; to punctuate..
Obturator :: Obturator (n.) That which closes or stops an opening.
Blastophoral :: Blastophoral (a.) Alt. of Blastophori.
Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..
Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market..
Estopping :: Estopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Esto.
Stop :: 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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