Stop (Verb)
Meaning 1
Prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 3
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 4
Cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 5
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 6
Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 7
Stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 8
Interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 9
Seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 10
Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..