stop

stop (http://definr.com/stop)

     n 1: the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the
          bottom of the hill" [syn: halt]
     2: the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some
        remarkable stops"; "stoppage of the flow resulted in a
        flood" [syn: stoppage]
     3: a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a
        stopover to visit their friends" [syn: stopover, layover]
     4: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
        negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check";
        "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay
        enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop
        in his seat" [syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay,
         stoppage]
     5: a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is
        Atlanta"
     6: a consonant produced by stopping air at some point and
        suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too
        aspirated" [syn: stop consonant, occlusive, {plosive
        consonant}, plosive speech sound, plosive] [ant: {continuant
        consonant}]
     7: a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative
        sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;
        "in England they call a period a stop" [syn: period, point,
         full stop, full point]
     8: (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the
        sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled
        out all the stops"
     9: a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of
        aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the
        diaphragm automatically" [syn: diaphragm]
     10: a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a
         book as a stop to hold the door open" [syn: catch]
     11: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
         to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: blockage,
          block, closure, occlusion, stoppage]
     v 1: come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped
          in front of a store window" [syn: halt] [ant: start]
     2: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
        little brother" [syn: discontinue, cease, give up, quit,
         lay off] [ant: continue]
     3: stop from happening or developing; "Block his election";
        "Halt the process" [syn: halt, block, kibosh]
     4: interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they
        stopped for three days in Florence" [syn: stop over]
     5: cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" [ant: start]
     6: prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence"
        [syn: break, break off, discontinue]
     7: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion
        or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the
        growth of communism in SE Asia"; "Contain the rebel
        movement"; "Turn back athe tide of communism" [syn: check,
         turn back, arrest, contain, hold back]
     8: seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to
        intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's
        airspace" [syn: intercept]
     9: have end in a certain location; either spatial or
        metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary
        bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights
        of other" [syn: terminate]
     10: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or
         developments; "Hold on a moment!"; "We broke at noon"
         [syn: break, hold on]