Definition of stop

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of stop is as below...

Stop (n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought..

Lern More About Stop

Stopper :: Stoppering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoppe.
Staymaker :: Stayless (a.) Without stop or delay.
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.
Stem :: Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current..
Detention :: Detention (n.) The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound..
Peace :: Peace (v. t. & i.) To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.
Christophany :: Christophany (n.) An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion..
Stopless :: Stoping (n.) The act of excavating in the form of stopes.
Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..
Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip..
So :: So (interj.) Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.
Estop :: Estop (v. t.) To impede or bar by estoppel.
Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout..
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..
Quit :: Quit (a.) To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..
Blastopore :: Blastopore (n.) The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron..
Fifteenth :: Fifteenth (n.) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us