Long-stop
(n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Stop
(v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing |
Stop
(v. t.) To obstruct |
Stop
(v. t.) To arrest the progress of |
Stop
(v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving |
Stop
(v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part. |
Stop
(v. t.) To point, as a composition |
Stop
(v. t.) To make fast |
Stop
(v. i.) To cease to go on |
Stop
(v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action. |
Stop
(v. i.) To spend a short time |
Stop
(n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped |
Stop
(n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs |
Stop
(n.) 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. |
Stop
(n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone |
Stop
(n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes |
Stop
(n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far. |
Stop
(n.) A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses |
Stop
(n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. |
Stop
(n.) The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds. |
Stop
(n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc. |
Stop-gap
(n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap |
Stop-over
(a.) Permitting one to stop over |
| whistle-stop tour | a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited, in Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours |
stop stopover
layover | a brief stay in the course of a journey, they made a stopover to visit their friends |
| night-stop | a break in a journey for the night |
| pit stop | a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car |
| pit stop | a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment |
stop
stoppage | the act of stopping something, the third baseman made some remarkable stops, his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood |
blockage
block closure
occlusion
stop stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube, we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
| catch stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something, he used a book as a stop to hold the door open |
diapason
diapason stop | either of the two main stops on a pipe organ |
diaphragm
stop | a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens, the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically |
| flue stop | an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe |
| organ stop | a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality |
pull-off
rest area
rest stop
layby
lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
| reed stop | an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument |
| stop | (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes, the organist pulled out all the stops |
stop bath
short-stop
short-stop bath | an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer |
stopwatch
stop watch | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) |
| truck stop | a roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers |
whistle stop
flag stop
way station | a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal |
stop order
stop-loss order | an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level |
| stop payment | a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check |
| stop press | late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute |
period
point
full stop
stop full point | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations, in England they call a period a stop |
stop consonant
stop
occlusive
plosive consonant
plosive speech sound
plosive | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it, his stop consonants are too aspirated |
| labial stop | a stop consonant that is produced with the lips |
glottal stop
glottal plosive
glottal catch | a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis, as in the sudden onset of a vowel |
suction stop
click | a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) |
stop
halt | the event of something ending, it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill |
| bus stop | a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers |
| stop | a spot where something halts or pauses, his next stop is Atlanta |
focal ratio
f number
stop number
speed | the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system |
arrest
check
halt
hitch
stay
stop
stoppage | the state of inactivity following an interruption, the negotiations were in arrest, held them in check, during the halt he got some lunch, the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow, he spent the entire stop in his seat |
break break off
discontinue
stop | prevent completion, stop the project, break off the negotiations |
| hold on stop c | stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments, Hold on a moment! |
check turn back
arrest
stop
contain
hold back | 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 |
plug stop up
secure | fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug, plug the hole, stop up the leak |
intercept
stop | seize on its way, The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace |
barricade
block
blockade
stop block off
block up
bar | render unsuitable for passage, block the way, barricade the streets, stop the busy road |
freeze
stop dead | stop moving or become immobilized, When he saw the police car he froze |
| stop | cause to stop, stop a car, stop the thief |
stop
halt | come to a halt, stop moving, the car stopped, She stopped in front of a store window |
| stop stop over | interrupt a trip, we stopped at Aunt Mary's house, they stopped for three days in Florence |
stop
halt
block kibosh | stop from happening or developing, Block his election, Halt the process |
end
stop d finish
terminate
cease d | 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 |
lay over
stop over | interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight, We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil |
discontinue
stop
cease
give up
quit lay off | put an end to a state or an activity, Quit teasing your little brother |