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Stop

//stɒp// noun, punct, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun

1
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
"They agreed to meet at the bus stop."
2
A small well-bucket; a milk-pail. UK, dialectal
3
The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
"For neutralino masses below approximately 700 GeV, gluino masses of less than 1.78 TeV and 1.76 TeV are excluded at the 95% CL in simplified models of the pair production of gluinos decaying via sbottom and stop, respectively."
4
a brief stay in the course of a journey wordnet
5
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
"That stop was not planned."

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6
the act of stopping something wordnet
7
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
"A fatal stop trauerst their headlong course"
8
an obstruction in a pipe or tube wordnet
9
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
"door stop"
10
a restraint that checks the motion of something wordnet
11
A device intended to block the path of a moving object; A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
12
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens wordnet
13
A device intended to block the path of a moving object; A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
14
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes wordnet
15
A consonant sound in which the passage of air is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
16
a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations wordnet
17
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
18
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it wordnet
19
A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
"The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled."
20
the event of something ending wordnet
21
One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
22
a spot where something halts or pauses wordnet
23
A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
24
the state of inactivity following an interruption wordnet
25
A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
"The Foxes were indebted to two crucial saves from keeper Kasper Schmeichel, who turned former Leicester defender Ben Chilwell's header on to a post then produced an even better stop to turn Mason Mount's powerful shot wide."
26
The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
"The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked."
27
A marking on a rabbit's hind foot.
"The American Rabbit Breeders Association holds that the stops of a Dutch rabbit should be white from the toes to one third of the way along the foot."
28
A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
29
A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
30
An f-stop.
31
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
32
A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
33
Ellipsis of full stop. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

Punct

1
Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.

Verb

1
To cease moving. intransitive
"I stopped at the traffic lights."
2
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments wordnet
3
Not to continue. intransitive
"The riots stopped when police moved in."
4
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of wordnet
5
To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing. transitive
"The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks."

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seize on its way wordnet
7
To cease; to no longer continue. transitive
"One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting."
8
render unsuitable for passage wordnet
9
To cause (something) to come to an end. transitive
"The referees stopped the fight."
10
cause to end wordnet
11
To interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something. causative, transitive
"Don't let me stop you working."
12
come to a halt, stop moving wordnet
13
To close or block an opening. transitive
"He stopped the wound with gauze."
14
interrupt a trip wordnet
15
To adjust the aperture of a camera lens. intransitive, often, transitive
"To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22."
16
stop from happening or developing wordnet
17
To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily. intransitive
"to stop with a friend"
18
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical wordnet
19
To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
20
put an end to a state or an activity wordnet
21
To punctuate. obsolete
"[Francesco] Guicciardini, if his sentences were properly stopt, would be found in general both full and concise, whatever may be asserted to the contrary by the fastidious and inattentive."
22
To make fast; to stopper.
23
To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop. transitive
"th-stopping"
24
To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later. transitive
"It will be noted that the specialist would have refused to stop the stock for broker X if he (the specialist) had only one order to sell at 85."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close”), *stuppijaną (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (“to push; stick”), from *(s)tew- (“to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian stopje (“to stop, block”), West Frisian stopje (“to stop”), Dutch stoppen (“to stop”), Low German stoppen (“to stop”), German stopfen (“to be filling, stuff”), German stoppen (“to stop”), Danish stoppe (“to stop”), Swedish stoppa (“to stop”), Icelandic stoppa (“to stop”), Middle High German stupfen, stüpfen (“to pierce”). More at stuff, stump. Alternative etymology derives Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn from an assumed Vulgar Latin *stūpāre, *stuppāre (“to stop up with tow”), from stūpa, stīpa, stuppa (“tow, flax, oakum”), from Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē), στύππη (stúppē, “tow, flax, oakum”). This derivation, however, is doubtful, as the earliest instances of the Germanic verb do not carry the meaning of "stuff, stop with tow". Rather, these senses developed later in response to influence from similar sounding words in Latin and Romance.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

From Middle English stoppe, from Old English stoppa (“bucket, pail, a stop”), from Proto-Germanic *stuppô (“vat, vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teub- (“to push, hit; stick, stump”). See stoup. Cognates Cognate with Norwegian stopp, stoppa (“deep well, recess”), Middle High German stubech, stübich (“barrel, vat, unit of measure”) (German Stübchen). Related also to Middle Low German stōp (“beaker, flask”), Middle High German stouf (“beaker, flask”), Norwegian staupa (“goblet”), Icelandic staupa (“shot-glass”), Old English stēap (“a stoup, beaker, drinking vessel, cup, flagon”). Cognate to Albanian shtambë (“amphora, bucket”).

Etymology 5

From s- + top.

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