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Stop has 27 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Punct

Definitions
Noun
1

the event of something ending

"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

2

the act of stopping something

"the third baseman made some remarkable stops"

"his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

3

a brief stay in the course of a journey

"they made a stopover to visit their friends"

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"

5

a spot where something halts or pauses

"his next stop is Atlanta"

6

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

"his stop consonants are too aspirated"

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"

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"

10

a restraint that checks the motion of something

"he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"

11

an obstruction in a pipe or tube

"we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"

12

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

"The old dairyman used his stop to carry fresh milk from the cow to the churn."

13

A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.

In plain English: A stop is a place where you pause your journey, like a bus station or a traffic light that makes cars wait.

"He decided to take a stop for coffee during their long drive."

Verb
1

come to a halt, stop moving

"the car stopped"

"She stopped in front of a store window"

2

put an end to a state or an activity

"Quit teasing your little brother"

3

stop from happening or developing

"Block his election"

"Halt the process"

4

interrupt a trip

"we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"

"they stopped for three days in Florence"

5

cause to stop

"stop a car"

"stop the thief"

6

prevent completion

"stop the project"

"break off the negotiations"

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 South East Asia"

"Contain the rebel movement"

"Turn back the tide of communism"

8

seize on its way

"The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

9

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"

"Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"

"My property ends by the bushes"

"The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

10

render unsuitable for passage

"block the way"

"barricade the streets"

"stop the busy road"

11

stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

"Hold on a moment!"

12

To cease moving.

"The dog trotted across the yard and finally stopped at the bottom of the stairs."

In plain English: To stop means to bring something to an end or make it cease moving.

"Please stop talking so we can hear the teacher."

Adjective
1

Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.

"After years of searching at the Large Hadron Collider, physicists finally narrowed their focus on stop production as the most promising way to detect the elusive squark superpartner of the top quark."

In plain English: Stop means something that is not moving or has been made to stay still.

"The stop sign at the corner is faded and hard to see."

Usage: Use stop as an adjective specifically when describing particles in supersymmetry theory, such as a stop squark. Do not use this term outside of high-energy physics contexts where it refers to the heavy partner of the top quark.

Punct
1

Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.

"The operator signaled the end of the urgent message by tapping out three dots after the final word, marking where the stop goes on the telegram."

Example Sentences
"The stop sign at the corner is faded and hard to see." adj
"He decided to take a stop for coffee during their long drive." noun
"Please stop talking so we can hear the teacher." verb
See Also
sign red halt red sign prevent octagon light traffic
Related Terms
sign red halt red sign prevent octagon light traffic stopper red light rest action command cease traffic sign pause signs motion tram can't help
Antonyms
continuant go uphold start up start
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ending act stay inaction topographic point obstruent punctuation knob mechanical device restraint obstruction prevent interrupt end defend catch obstruct
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cessation stand standdown hemostasis night-stop pit stop countercheck logjam bus stop checkpoint loading zone stopover labial stop glottal stop suction stop suspension point iris bench hook doorstop pawl tripper breechblock plug vapor lock go off pull up short check rein stall draw up brake settle drop leave off sign off retire pull the plug shut off cheese call it quits break embargo stay call lay over halt bring up cut flag down fracture bog down interrupt cut down cut off pass away lapse cut out go out adjourn vanish culminate run out run low conclude turn out discontinue close

Origin

The word "stop" comes from the Old English verb stoppian, which originally meant to close or block something. Its roots trace back to Proto-Indo-European terms for pushing, sticking, or striking, reflecting a long history of describing physical obstruction.

Rhyming Words
top atop betop netop ontop estop bedtop instop ziptop outtop cartop on top nettop redtop webtop postop f stop e stop unstop tiptop
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