ALL meanings of stop
stop
S s - verb transitive stop to defeat, as by knocking out 0
- verb transitive stop to cause (an engine, machine, etc.) to cease operation 0
- verb transitive stop to press down (a violin string, etc.) against the fingerboard to produce a desired tone 0
- verb transitive stop to place a stop order on (a stock or other security) 0
- verb transitive stop to hold key cards that will prevent an opponent from running (a suit) 0
- verb transitive stop to insert punctuation marks in 0
- verb transitive stop to keep (a person) from doing something contemplated 0
- verb transitive stop to prevent the starting, advent, etc. of; preclude 0
- verb transitive stop to notify one's bank to withhold payment on (one's check) 0
- intransitive verb stop to cease moving, walking, proceeding, etc.; halt 0
- intransitive verb stop to leave off doing something; desist from continuing 0
- intransitive verb stop to cease operating or functioning 0
- intransitive verb stop to be able to go no further; come to an end 0
- intransitive verb stop to become clogged or choked 0
- intransitive verb stop to tarry or stay for a while, esp. as a transient or guest 0
- noun stop a stopping or being stopped; check; arrest; cessation; halt; specif., a pause in speech or at the end of a sense unit in verse 0
- noun stop a coming to an end; finish; end 0
- noun stop a stay or sojourn 0
- noun stop a place stopped at, as on a bus route 0
- noun stop an indentation in the face of an animal, esp. a dog, between the forehead and the nose or muzzle 0
- noun stop something that stops; obstruction; obstacle 0
- noun stop stop order 0
- noun stop an order to withhold payment on a check 0
- noun stop a mechanical part that stops, limits, or regulates motion, as a pawl 0
- noun stop a punctuation mark, esp. a period 0
- noun stop pressure, as of a finger, on a string of a violin, etc. to produce a desired tone 0
- noun stop a fret on a guitar, etc. 0
- noun stop the closing of a finger hole of a wind instrument to produce a desired tone 0