stop

stop · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    (verb) To cease moving or operating.

  2. 2.

    (verb) To cause to cease moving or operating.

  3. 3.

    (verb) To cease doing something.

  4. 4.

    (verb) To stay somewhere briefly.

  5. 5.

    (noun) A place where vehicles regularly halt.

  6. 6.

    (noun) An act of stopping or being stopped.

Related words

Antonyms: begin, continue, go, start
See also: cease, halt, start
Synonyms: cease, end, halt, pause

Etymology

From Old English stoppian ("to stop up, close"), possibly from Late Latin stuppāre ("to stop up with tow"), from Latin stuppa ("tow, coarse fiber"). The original meaning was "to plug or close an opening."