stop

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English [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-Germanic *stuppōnan (“to stop, close”), *stuppijanan (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *stÁb(h)-, *stemb(h)- (“to support, stamp, become angry, be amazed”). Cognate with West Frisian stopje (“to stop”), Dutch stoppen (“to stop”), Low German stoppen (“to stop”), German stopfen (“to be filling, stuff”), German stoppen (“to stop”), Danish stoppe (“to stop”), Swedish & Icelandic stoppa (“to stop”), Middle High German stupfen, stüpfen (“to pierce”). More at stuff, stump.

Alternate etymology derives Proto-Germanic *stuppōnan from an assumed Vulgar Latin *stūpāre, *stuppāre (“to stop up with tow”), from stūpa, stīpa, stuppa (“tow, flax, oakum”), from Ancient Greek στύπη (stýpē), στύππη (stýppē, “tow, flax, oakum”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyə- (“to thicken, clump up, condense”). This derivation, however, is doubtful, as the earliest instances of the Germanic verb do not carry the meaning of "stuff, stop with tow". Rather, these senses developed later in response to influence from similar sounding words in Latin and Romance[1].

Verb [edit]

stop (third-person singular simple present stops, present participle stopping, simple past and past participle stopped)

  1. (intransitive) To cease moving.
    I stopped at the traffic lights.
  2. (intransitive) To come to an end.
    The riots stopped when police moved in.
    Soon the rain will stop.
  3. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
    The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
    This guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him.
  4. (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
    The referees stopped the fight.
  5. (transitive) To close or block an opening.
    He stopped the wound with gauze.
  6. (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
    To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.
  7. (intransitive) To stay.
    He stopped for two weeks at the inn.
    • 1931, E. F. Benson, Mapp & Lucia, chapter 7:
      “She’s not going away. She’s going to stop here forever.”
  8. (intransitive) To tarry.
    He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.
Usage notes [edit]
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Terms derived from stop (verb)
Translations [edit]
cease moving
come to an end
cause (something) to cease moving
cause (something) to come to an end
close an aperture
stay a while
tarry
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Noun [edit]

stop (plural stops)

  1. A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off.
    They agreed to see each other at the bus stop.
  2. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
    That stop was not planned.
    • De Foe
      It is doubtful […] whether it contributed anything to the stop of the infection.
    • Sir Isaac Newton
      Occult qualities put a stop to the improvement of natural philosophy.
    • John Locke
      It is a great step toward the mastery of our desires to give this stop to them.
  3. A device intended to block the path of a moving object; as, a door stop.
  4. (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
  5. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
  6. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
    Pull out all the stops.
    • Daniel
      A fatal stop traversed their headlong course.
    • Rogers
      So melancholy a prospect should inspire us with zeal to oppose some stop to the rising torrent.
  7. A function that halts playback or recording in devices such as videocassette and DVD player.
  8. (by extension) A button that activates the stop function.
  9. (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
    The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.
  10. (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
  11. (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
    The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.
  12. (photography) An f-stop.
  13. (engineering) 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.
  14. (architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
  15. The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
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Translations [edit]
place to get on and off line buses or trams
interruption of travel
device to block path
consonant sound
punctuation symbol
short for stopper
music: knob or pin to regulate the flow of air in an organ
tennis: short shot
zoology: depression in a dog’s face
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References [edit]
  1. ^ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, "stop".

Adverb [edit]

stop (not comparable)

  1. Prone to halting or hesitation.
    He’s stop still.

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English stoppe, from Old English stoppa (“bucket, pail, a stop”), from Proto-Germanic *stuppô (“vat, vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teub- (“to push, hit; stick, stump”). Cognate with Norwegian stopp, stoppa (“deep well, recess”), Middle High German stubech, stübich ("barrel, vat, unit of measure"; > German Stübchen). Related also to Middle Low German stōp (“beaker, flask”), Middle High German stouf (“beaker, flask”), Norwegian staupa (“goblet”), Icelandic staupa (“shot-glass”), Old English stēap (“a stoup, beaker, drinking vessel, cup, flagon”). Cognate to Albanian shtambë (“amphora, bucket”). See stoup.

Noun [edit]

stop (plural stops)

  1. (UK dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.

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Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

stop m (plural stoppen, diminutive stopje)

  1. an action of stopping, cessation
  2. plug for a sink, a stopper
  3. electric fuse

Verb [edit]

stop

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stoppen
  2. imperative of stoppen

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

1792, from English stop.

Noun [edit]

stop m (usually uncountable)

  1. stop sign
  2. hitchhiking

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Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English

Interjection [edit]

stop!

  1. stop!, halt!

Noun [edit]

stop m (plural stop)

  1. stop (roadsign; bus stop etc; block)

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Polish [edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From the verb stopić

Noun [edit]

stop m

  1. (chemistry) an alloy; a mixture of metals.
    Mosiądz jest stopem miedzi i cynku.
    Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
Declension [edit]
    declension of stop
singular plural
nominative stop stopy
genitive stopu stopów
dative stopowi stopom
accusative stop stopy
instrumental stopem stopami
locative stopie stopach
vocative stopie stopy
Synonyms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From English stop.

Interjection [edit]

stop

  1. stop!, halt!

Noun [edit]

stop m

  1. a stop sign.
    Jechał dalej, bo nie zauważył stopu.
    He continued to drive because he hadn't noticed the stop sign.
  2. (colloquial) a vehicle's brake light.
    Uderzyłam w niego, bo nie zaświecił mu się stop i nie wiedziałam, że ostro hamuje.
    I hit his car because his brake light didn't flash and I didn't know he was braking hard.
  3. (colloquial) hitchhiking.
    Często podróżuję na stopa.
    I often hitchhike.

Swedish [edit]

Noun [edit]

stop n

  1. Beer mug.
  2. stoup

Declension [edit]

Declension of stop
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stop stopet stop stopen
genitive stops stopets stops stopens

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