freeze halt | an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement, a halt in the arms race, a nuclear freeze |
system system of rules | a complex of methods or rules governing behavior, they have to operate under a system they oppose, that language has a complex system for indicating gender |
order rules of order parliamentary law parliamentary procedure | a body of rules followed by an assembly |
stop halt | the event of something ending, it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill |
the halt | (archaic) lame persons collectively, the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind--Luke : |
Robert's Rules of Order | a book of rules for presiding over a meeting, written by Henry M. Martin in and subsequently updated through many editions |
surrogate alternate replacement | someone who takes the place of another person |
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 |
alternate take turns | do something in turns, We take turns on the night shift |
alternate jump | go back and forth, swing back and forth between two states or conditions |
interchange tack switch alternate flip flip-flop | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) |
stem stanch staunch halt | stop the flow of a liquid, staunch the blood flow, stem the tide |
understudy alternate | be an understudy or alternate for a role |
grind to a halt get stuck bog down mire | be unable to move further, The car bogged down in the sand |
halt hold arrest | cause to stop, Halt the engines, Arrest the progress, halt the presses |
stop halt | come to a halt, stop moving, the car stopped, She stopped in front of a store window |
alternate | exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions |
stop halt block kibosh | stop from happening or developing, Block his election, Halt the process |
alternate(a) alternating(a) | occurring by turns, first one and then the other, alternating feelings of love and hate |
alternate(a) | every second one of a series, the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays, jam every other day- the White Queen |
crippled halt halting lame gimpy game | disabled in the feet or legs, a crippled soldier, a game leg |
alternate | of leaves and branches etc, first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis, not paired, stems with alternate leaves |
alternate alternative substitute | serving or used in place of another, an alternative plan |