Definition of stop

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Stop (n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction..

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Gems-horn :: Gems-horn (n.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
Halt :: Halt (v. i.) To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate..
Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend..
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog.
Stoppering :: Stoppered (imp. & p. p.) of Stoppe.
Relent :: Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part..
Archaeostomatous :: Archaeostomatous (a.) Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely close up.
Stopping :: Stopper (v. t.) To close or secure with a stopper.
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.
Stop :: Stop (n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop..
Aristophanic :: Aristophanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet..
Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.
Stoat :: Stoak (v. t.) To stop; to choke.
Slidometer :: Slidometer (n.) An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.
Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
Field :: Field (v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder..
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