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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
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[[Image:Stop sign MUTCD.svg|thumb|Highway stop sign.]]
[[Image:Stop sign MUTCD.svg|thumb|Highway stop sign.]]

===Verb===
===Verb===
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# {{transitive}}: To close an [[appeture]].
# {{transitive}}: To close an [[appeture]].
#* ''He '''stopped''' the wound with gauze.''
#* ''He '''stopped''' the wound with gauze.''
# {{intransitive}}: To stay a while.
# {{intransitive}}: To stay a while.
#* ''He '''stopped''' for two weeks at the inn.''
#* ''He '''stopped''' for two weeks at the inn.''
# {{intransitive}}: To [[tarry]].
# {{intransitive}}: To [[tarry]].
#* ''He '''stopped''' at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.''
#* ''He '''stopped''' at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.''

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====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
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==Dutch==
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==Swedish==
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Revision as of 14:59, 23 March 2007

English

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Etymology

From Template:ME. stoppen ‘to stop’.

Pronunciation

  • Template:AHD, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/stɒp/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:SAMPA
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-stop.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Adverb

stop (not comparable)

  1. Prone to halting or hesitation.
    • He stop-started his car.
    • He’s stop still.

Noun

stop (plural stops)

  1. A (usually marked) place where line buses or trams 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.
  3. A device intended to block the path of a moving object; as, a door stop.
  4. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "linguistics" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. 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. Short for a stopper, used in the phrase 'pull out all the stops'.
  7. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "music" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
    • The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.
  8. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "tennis" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
  9. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "zoology" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
    • The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.

Synonyms

Translations

Template:checktrans

Highway stop sign.

Verb

stop (third-person singular simple present stop, present participle p, simple past and past participle ed)

  1. Template:intransitive: To cease moving.
    • I stopped at the traffic lights.
  2. Template:intransitive: To come to an end.
    • The riots stopped when police moved in.
    • Soon the rain will stop.
  3. Template:transitive: To cause (something) to cease moving.
    • The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
  4. Template:transitive: To cause (something) to come to an end.
    • The referees stopped the fight.
  5. Template:transitive: To close an appeture.
    • He stopped the wound with gauze.
  6. Template:intransitive: To stay a while.
    • He stopped for two weeks at the inn.
  7. Template:intransitive: To tarry.
    • He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Template:mid2

Translations

Template:checktrans

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/stɔp/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Template:SAMPA

Noun

Template:nl-noun2

  1. An electric fuse.
  2. An action of stopping.
  3. A plug for a kitchen sink.

Verb

stop

  1. Template:first person singular present tense and imperative of.

Swedish

Noun

Template:sv-noun-n-zero stop Template:n

  1. Beer mug.

Synonyms

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