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stop::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit |
| Has types | close off, knock off, cheese, pull the plug, call it quits, call it a day, break, drop, shut off, retire, leave off, withdraw, sign off |
| Derivation | stoppage |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stoppage |
| Type of | obstructer, obstructor, obstruction, impediment, impedimenta |
| Has types | plug, breechblock, breech closer, vapor lock, vapour lock, stopper, stopple |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stoppage |
| Type of | human action, act, deed, human activity |
| Has types | haemostasis, hemostasis, hemostasia, stand-down, standdown, haemostasia |
the third baseman made some remarkable stops.
his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood.
stop::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage |
| Type of | inactiveness, inactivity, inaction |
| Has types | countercheck, logjam |
he spent the entire stop in his seat.
stop::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | catch |
| Type of | constraint, restraint |
| Has types | detent, click, dog, doorstop, doorstopper, bench hook, tripper, trip, pawl |
he used a book as a stop to hold the door open.
stop::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cease, end, finish, terminate |
| Has types | discontinue, disappear, lapse, run low, run out, run short, turn out, vanish, adjourn, go out, go away, go, come out, break, conclude, break up, culminate, climax, close, pass away, cut out, recess |
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other.
stop::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | diaphragm |
| Type of | mechanical device |
| Has types | iris, iris diaphragm |
stop::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant |
| Type of | obstruent |
| Has types | click, labial stop, suction stop, glottal stop, glottal plosive, glottal catch |
his stop consonants are too aspirated.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | halt |
| Type of | finish, ending, conclusion |
| Has types | standstill, tie-up, surcease, cessation, stand |
it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill.
stop::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | full point, full stop, period, point |
| Type of | punctuation mark, punctuation |
| Has types | suspension point |
in England they call a period a stop.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | spot, topographic point, place |
| Has types | stopover, loading area, bus stop, way station, loading zone, checkpoint |
his next stop is Atlanta.
Examples of stop
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This will prevent deep frost penetration, and it should stop seasonal movements.
From the dailyherald.com
The stop at Orion was the first of three factory visits Obama made in Manitowoc.
From the stltoday.com
When the bus comes to a stop you look at the building and realize where you are.
From the stltoday.com
Physicians stop the propofol periodically to wake her up and check her reflexes.
From the newsday.com
He set up camp at the station and went on air, non-stop, for a record 200 hours.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Sooners and Huskies can stop the run and they can frustrate passing attacks.
From the bostonherald.com
If she plays well for the Huskers Saturday, Coale said NU will be tough to stop.
From the omaha.com
As we learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, it takes a village to stop an insurgency.
From the washingtontimes.com
That didn't stop my fellow reporters and myself from intruding to ask questions.
From the news-journalonline.com
- Come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
- The event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
- Discontinue: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
- The act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
- A brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"
- Stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
- Stop is a studio album by Don Lanphere released by Hep Records in 1983.
- Stop is a hard rock/funk album by a band consisting of Burdon, John Sterling, Kim Kesterson and Terry Ryan, known as the first incarnation of Eric Burdon Band, ever.
- Stop is a 2004 album by Franco De Vita. The major hit single was "Tu De Que Vas", however, "Ay Dios" and "Si La Ves", a collaboration with Sin Bandera, were also released as singles.
