Stop

English Meaning

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

1. To close (an opening or hole) by covering, filling in, or plugging up: The tea leaves stopped the drain.
2. To constrict (an opening or orifice): My nose is stopped up.
3. To obstruct or block passage on (a road, for example).
4. To prevent the flow or passage of: stop supplies from getting through.
5. To halt the motion or progress of: stopped me and asked directions.
6. To block or deflect (a blow, for example); parry or ward off.
7. To be or get in the way of (a bullet or other missile); be killed or wounded by.
8. To cause to desist or to change a course of action: stopped us from continuing the argument.
9. To prevent or restrain: stopped him from going.
10. To discontinue or cease: He stopped his complaining.
11. To defeat (an opponent or opposing team).
12. To defeat in boxing by a knockout or technical knockout.
13. To order a bank to withhold payment of: stopped the check.
14. Music To press down (a string on a stringed instrument) on the fingerboard to produce a desired pitch.
15. Music To close (a hole on a wind instrument) with the finger in sounding a desired pitch.
16. To cease moving, progressing, acting, or operating; come to a halt: The clock stopped in the night.
17. To put an end to what one is doing; cease: had to stop at an exciting place in the book.
18. To interrupt one's course or journey for a brief visit or stay. Often used with by, in, or off: stop by at a friend's house; stop in at the office; stop off at the gas station.
19. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped; cessation.
20. A finish; an end.
21. A stay or visit, as one taken during a trip.
22. A place at which someone or something stops: a regular stop on my paper route; a bus stop.
23. A device or means that obstructs, blocks, or plugs up.
24. An order given to a bank to withhold payment on a check.
25. A part in a mechanism that stops or regulates movement.
26. The effective aperture of a lens, controlled by a diaphragm.
27. A mark of punctuation, especially a period.
28. Music The act of stopping a string or hole on an instrument.
29. Music A fret on a stringed instrument.
30. Music A hole on a wind instrument.
31. Music A device such as a key for closing the hole on a wind instrument.
32. Music A tuned set of pipes, as in an organ.
33. Music A knob, key, or pull that regulates such a set of pipes.
34. Nautical A line used for securing something temporarily: a sail stop.
35. Linguistics One of a set of speech sounds that is a plosive or a nasal.
36. A plosive.
37. The depression between the muzzle and top of the skull of an animal, especially a dog.
38. Sports A save made by a goalie.
39. Games A stopper.
40. Architecture A projecting stone, often carved, at the end of a molding.
41. Of, relating to, or being of use at the end of an operation or activity: a stop code.
42. stop down To reduce (the aperture) of a lens.
43. stop out To withdraw temporarily from college.