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Halt
Definitions
- 1 Lame, limping. archaic, obsolete
"It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell […]"
- 1 disabled in the feet or legs wordnet
- 1 A cessation, either temporary or permanent. obsolete
"The contract negotiations put a halt to operations."
- 2 Lameness; a limp. dated, obsolete
- 3 A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities. British, Ireland, obsolete
"Halts were normally unstaffed, tickets being sold on the train."
- 4 Acronym of hungry, angry, lonely, (or) tired. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- 5 an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement wordnet
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- 6 A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. obsolete
"The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works."
- 7 the event of something ending wordnet
- 8 the state of inactivity following an interruption wordnet
- 1 To limp; move with a limping gait. intransitive, obsolete
"Here comes Sir Toby halting — you shall hear more; but if he had not been in drink, he would have tickled you othergates than he did."
- 2 To stop marching. intransitive, obsolete
- 3 stop the flow of a liquid wordnet
- 4 To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer. intransitive, obsolete
"How long halt ye between two opinions?"
- 5 To stop either temporarily or permanently. intransitive, obsolete
"And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed."
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- 6 cause to come to an abrupt stop wordnet
- 7 To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification. intransitive, obsolete
- 8 To bring to a stop. obsolete, transitive
- 9 come to a halt, stop moving wordnet
- 10 To waver. obsolete
- 11 To cause to discontinue. obsolete, transitive
"The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week."
- 12 stop from happening or developing wordnet
- 13 To falter. obsolete
Etymology
From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *haltōn, related to *halt. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta.
From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information).
From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information).
From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
Borrowed from French halte.
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