| Sounds | staa'p | |
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| Rhymes | Aesop ... workshop: 48 rhymes with aap... | |
| Meaning | The event of something ending. | |
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| Example | "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill" | |
| Synonym | halt | |
| Narrower | cessation, surcease | A stopping |
| stand, standstill, tie-up | An interruption of normal activity | |
| Broader | ending, conclusion, finish | event whose occurrence ends something |
| Spanish | alto, interrupción, parada | |
| Catalan | alto, aturada, interrupció, parada | |
| Verbs | stop | come to a halt, stop moving |
| stop | cause to stop | |
| stop | put an end to a state or an activity | |
| Meaning | The act of stopping something. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | stoppage | |
| Narrower | hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia | surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) |
| standdown, stand-down | (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action | |
| Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
| Spanish | detención, parada | |
| Catalan | aturada, parada | |
| Verbs | stop | prevent completion |
| stop | stop from happening / happening or developing | |
| stop | put an end to a state or an activity | |
| Meaning | A brief stay in the course of a journey. | |
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| Example | "they made a stopover to visit their friends" | |
| Synonyms | stopover, layover | |
| Narrower | night-stop | A break in a journey for the night |
| pit stop | A brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car | |
| pit stop | A stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment | |
| stand | A stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance | |
| Broader | stay | Continuing or remaining in a place or state |
| Spanish | alto, escala intermedia, escala, parada | |
| Catalan | arrest, escala, parada | |
| Verbs | stop | interrupt a trip |
| stop | put an end to a state or an activity | |
| Meaning | The state of inactivity following an interruption. | |
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| Example | "he spent the entire stop in his seat" | |
| Synonyms | arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage | |
| Narrower | countercheck | A check that restrains another check |
| logjam | Any stoppage attributable to unusual activity | |
| Broader | inaction, inactivity, inactiveness | The state of being inactive |
| Spanish | alto, detención, parada | |
| Catalan | aturada, detenció, parada | |
| Verbs | stop | stop / stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments |
| Meaning | A spot where something halts or pauses. | |
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| Example | "his next stop is Atlanta" | |
| Narrower | bus stop | A place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers |
| checkpoint | A place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance | |
| loading zone, loading area | A stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded | |
| stopover, way station | A stopping place on a journey | |
| Broader | topographic point, place, spot | A point located with respect to surface features of some region |
| Spanish | detención, parada, paradero | |
| Catalan | parada | |
| Verbs | stop | interrupt a trip |
| Meaning | A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations. | |
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| Example | "in England they call a period a stop" | |
| Synonyms | period, point, full stop, full point | |
| Narrower | suspension point | (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete |
| Broader | punctuation, punctuation mark | The marks used to clarify meaning / meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
| Spanish | punto | |
| Catalan | punt | |
| Meaning | (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes. | |
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| Example | "the organist pulled out all the stops" | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Part of | organ, pipe organ | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard |
| Broader | knob | A round handle |
| Meaning | A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens. | |
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| Synonym | diaphragm | |
| Part of | camera, photographic camera | equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) |
| Narrower | iris, iris diaphragm | diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening |
| Broader | mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
| Spanish | diafragma | |
| Catalan | diafragma | |
| Meaning | A restraint that checks the motion of something. | |
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| Example | "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open" | |
| Synonym | catch | |
| Narrower | bench hook | Any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing) |
| doorstop, doorstopper | A stop that keeps open doors from moving | |
| pawl, detent, click, dog | A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | |
| tripper, trip | A catch mechanism that acts as a switch | |
| Broader | restraint, constraint | A device that retards something's motion / motion |
| Spanish | seguro, tope | |
| Catalan | dispositiu de seguretat, topall | |
| Verbs | stop | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy |
| stop | seize / seize on its way | |
| stop | render unsuitable for passage | |
| Meaning | An obstruction in a pipe or tube. | |
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| Synonyms | blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stoppage | |
| Narrower | breechblock, breech closer | A metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing |
| plug, stopper, stopple | Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | |
| vapor lock, vapour lock | A stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) | |
| Broader | obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta | Any structure that makes progress difficult |
| Spanish | bloque, bloqueo, cierre, detención, obstrucción, oclusión, parada | |
| Catalan | destorb, obstacle | |
| Meaning | Come to a halt, stop moving. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | These cars won't stop; They stop the animals | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | halt | |
| Caused by | stop | Cause to stop |
| Entailed by | challenge | ask for identification |
| Narrower | brake | stop travelling by applying a brake |
| check | stop in a chase especially when scent is lost | |
| check | abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey | |
| check | stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution | |
| draw up, pull up, haul up | Come to a halt after driving somewhere | |
| go off | stop running, functioning, or operating | |
| pull up short | stop abruptly | |
| rein, rein in | stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins | |
| settle | Come to rest | |
| stall, conk | Come to a stop | |
| stall | Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes | |
| Opposite | start, go, get going | Begin or set in motion |
| Spanish | detenerse, detener, estancar, pararse, parar | |
| Catalan | aturar-se, aturar, deixar, detenir-se, estancar, parar | |
| Nouns | stop | the event of something ending |
| Meaning | put an end to a state or an activity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They stop moving | |
| Synonyms | discontinue, cease, give up, quit, lay off | |
| Narrower | break | Give up |
| call it quits, call it a day | stop doing what one is doing | |
| cheese | Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) | |
| drop, knock off | stop pursuing or acting | |
| leave off | stop using | |
| pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing | |
| retire, withdraw | Withdraw from active participation | |
| shut off, close off | stem the flow of | |
| sign off | Cease broadcasting | |
| Opposite | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition |
| Spanish | acabar, cesar, dejar, descatalogar, descontinuar, discontinuar, parar, terminar | |
| Catalan | aturar, cessar, deixar, descatalogar, discontinuar, finalitzar, parar | |
| Nouns | stop, stoppage | the act of stopping something |
| stop | a brief stay in the course of a journey | |
| stop | the event of something ending | |
| Meaning | Stop from happening / happening or developing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They stop him from writing the letter | |
| Synonyms | halt, block, kibosh | |
| Narrower | embargo | prevent commerce |
| stay | stop a judicial process | |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
| Spanish | bloquear, detener, estancar, obstruir, parar | |
| Catalan | aturar, detenir, estancar, obstruir, parar | |
| Nouns | stop | the act of stopping something |
| Meaning | interrupt a trip. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | stop over | |
| Narrower | call | make a stop in a harbour |
| lay over, stop over | interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight | |
| Broader | interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off | make a break / break in |
| Spanish | detenerse, pararse, parar | |
| Catalan | aturar-se, aturar, detenir-se | |
| Nouns | stop | a brief stay in the course of a journey |
| stop | a spot where something halts or pauses | |
| Meaning | Cause to stop. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Cause to | stop, halt | Come to a halt, stop moving |
| Narrower | brake | Cause to stop by applying the brakes |
| bring up | Cause to come to a sudden stop | |
| check | arrest the motion / motion (of something) abruptly | |
| cut | stop filming | |
| draw up, pull up | Cause (a vehicle) to stop | |
| flag down | Signal to stop | |
| halt, hold, arrest | Cause to stop | |
| rein, rein in | stop / stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins | |
| stall | Cause an engine to stop / stop | |
| stall | Cause an airplane to go into a stall | |
| Opposite | start, start up | get going or set in motion |
| Spanish | detener, parar | |
| Catalan | aturar, detenir, parar | |
| Nouns | stop | the event of something ending |
| stoppage | the act of stopping something | |
| Meaning | prevent completion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "stop the project" | |
| Synonyms | break, break off, discontinue | |
| Narrower | bog down, bog | get stuck while doing something |
| fracture | Become fractured / fractured | |
| interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off | make a break / break in | |
| Broader | end, terminate | Bring to an end or halt |
| Spanish | abandonar, discontinuar, interrumpir, parar, romper, suspender | |
| Catalan | interrompre, parar, suspendre | |
| Nouns | stop | the act of stopping something |
| Meaning | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | check, turn back, arrest, contain, hold back | |
| Narrower | cut down, cut out | intercept (a player) |
| Broader | defend | Be on the defensive |
| Spanish | contener, parar | |
| Catalan | parar | |
| Nouns | stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something |
| Meaning | seize / seize on its way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | intercept | |
| Narrower | cut off, cut out | cut off and stop |
| Broader | catch, grab, take hold of | take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of |
| Spanish | detener, interceptar, intervenir | |
| Catalan | interceptar, intervenir | |
| Nouns | stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something |
| Meaning | Render unsuitable for passage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "stop the busy road" | |
| Synonyms | barricade, block, blockade, block off, block up, bar | |
| Narrower | close | bar access to |
| shut off, block off, close off | block off the passage through | |
| Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
| Similar to | obstruct, block | shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight |
| Spanish | bloquear, obstruir | |
| Catalan | blocar, bloquejar, obstruir | |
| Nouns | stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something |
| stopper | blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | |
| Meaning | stop / stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | hold on | |
| Broader | interrupt, break | terminate |
| Nouns | stop, stoppage | the state of inactivity following an interruption |
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