Definition of stop

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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..

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Plugging :: Plugging (n.) The material of which a plug or stopple is made.
Antihemorrhagic :: Antihemorrhagic (a.) Tending to stop hemorrhage.
Estop :: Estop (v. t.) To impede or bar by estoppel.
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..
Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop..
Stent :: Stent (v. t.) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint..
Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition; to punctuate..
Stopper :: Stopped (a.) Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.)..
Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A kind of organ stop.
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..
Intercipient :: Intercipient (n.) One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage..
Stope :: Stope (v. t.) To excavate in the form of stopes.
Bode :: Bode (n.) A stop; a halting; delay.
Detention :: Detention (n.) The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
Wad :: Wad (n.) A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc..
Cease :: Cease (v. t.) To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
Blin :: Blin (v. t. & i.) To stop; to cease; to desist.
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