stop

nouns

the event of something ending
"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
halt, stop
the act of stopping something
"the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
stop, stoppage
a brief stay in the course of a journey
"they made a stopover to visit their friends"
layover, stop, stopover
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"
arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
a spot where something halts or pauses
"his next stop is Atlanta"
stop
is a type of (narrower)
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
"this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
place, spot, topographic point
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
"his stop consonants are too aspirated"
occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
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"
full point, full stop, period, point, 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
is a part of
wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
organ, pipe organ
domain category
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
music
is a type of (narrower)
a round handle
knob
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
"the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
diaphragm, stop
a restraint that checks the motion of something
"he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
catch, stop
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
"we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage

verbs

come to a halt, stop moving
"the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
halt, stop
antonym
start
put an end to a state or an activity
"Quit teasing your little brother"
cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop
is derived from
stoppage
stop from happening or developing
"Block his election"; "Halt the process"
block, halt, kibosh, stop
interrupt a trip
"we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"
stop, stop over
cause to stop
"stop a car"; "stop the thief"
stop
is derived from
stoppage
antonym
start
causes
come to a halt, stop moving
"the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
halt, stop
prevent completion
"stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
break, break off, discontinue, stop
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"
arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back
seize on its way
"The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
intercept, stop
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"
cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
render unsuitable for passage
"block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop
is derived from
stopper
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
"Hold on a moment!"
hold on, stop
is derived from
stoppage