ALL meanings of cease
cease
C c - verb cease If something ceases, it stops happening or existing. 3
- verb cease If you cease to do something, you stop doing it. 3
- verb cease If you cease something, you stop it happening or working. 3
- verb cease to bring or come to an end; desist from; stop 3
- verb transitive cease to bring or come to an end; stop; discontinue 3
- noun cease a ceasing, as of some activity 3
- noun cease Come to an end. 1
- verb without object cease to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist. 1
- verb without object cease to come to an end: At last the war has ceased. 1
- verb without object cease Obsolete. to pass away; die out. 1
- verb with object cease to put a stop or end to; discontinue: He begged them to cease their quarreling. 1
- noun cease cessation: The noise of the drilling went on for hours without cease. 1
- intransitive verb cease stop 1
- transitive verb cease suspend: production, publication 1
- verb cease (Intransitive Verb) (formal) To stop. 0
- verb cease (Transitive Verb) (formal) To stop doing (something). 0
- verb cease (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. 0