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stop

One entry found.

Entry Word:
stop
Function:
verb
Text: 1 to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end<please stop that running in the library>Synonymsbreak, break off, can, cease, cut (out), desist (from), discontinue, drop, end, halt, knock off, lay off, leave off, quit, shut offRelated Wordscomplete, conclude, finish; close (down); deactivate; block, blockade, dam, delay, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, stem; call, suspend; arrest, brake, check, clamp down, rein (in), squash, squelch, stamp, stanch (also staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back; pause, stay, suspend; abolish, abort, annul, demolish, destroy, dissolve, kill, ruin, scuttle, snuffPhraseshave done with, put the kibosh onNear Antonymscarry on, continue, follow through, keep up, run on; advance, proceed, progress; actuate, drive, impel, propel, stir 2 to bring (something) to a standstill<the highway traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck>— see 11halt 1 3 to close up so that no empty spaces remain<a crude log cabin with the spaces between the logs stopped with mud>— see fill 2 4 to come to an end<the music stopped but we kept on dancing>— see cease 1
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