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UK
/stˈɒp/
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[ US /ˈstɑp/ ]
[ US /ˈstɑp/ ]
NOUN
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a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
his stop consonants are too aspirated -
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 -
a spot where something halts or pauses
his next stop is Atlanta -
the event of something ending
it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill -
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe -
(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 -
the act of stopping something
the third baseman made some remarkable stops
his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood -
a restraint that checks the motion of something
he used a book as a stop to hold the door open -
a brief stay in the course of a journey
they made a stopover to visit their friends -
the state of inactivity following an interruption
the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
during the halt he got some lunch
he spent the entire stop in his seat
the negotiations were in arrest
held them in check -
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
VERB
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come to a halt, stop moving
She stopped in front of a store window
the car stopped -
prevent completion
break off the negotiations
stop the project -
render unsuitable for passage
block the way
barricade the streets
stop the busy road -
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
My property ends by the bushes
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
The symphony ends in a pianissimo -
seize on its way
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace -
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
Turn back the tide of communism
Arrest the downward trend
Contain the rebel movement -
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Hold on a moment! -
interrupt a trip
they stopped for three days in Florence
we stopped at Aunt Mary's house -
put an end to a state or an activity
Quit teasing your little brother -
stop from happening or developing
Halt the process
Block his election -
cause to stop
stop a car
stop the thief
How To Use stop In A Sentence
- Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
- Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
- Yes, the gearbox was a bit saggy and I was alarmed at how much pressure the brake pedal needed to do an emergency stop, but other than this, all was well.
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers. Little Women
- I stuck some in once when we were a bit short and the old bat threatened to stop it out of my wages.
- The experience was a little like being seated next to a cheerful, open-faced fellow on a long airplane flight who begins talking to you - and then never, ever, ever stops, not even when he has his Salisbury steak dinner in his mouth.
- If they have stopped doing it then they will have lost a lot of time. The Sun
- In July, the project came to a standstill for nine days when workers stopped to oppose the use of non-union contract labour on the site.
- We drove home in silence and, when he parked in our long driveway, I stopped to pluck some ixora flowers while Nnamabia unlocked the front door. Excerpt: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- This ought to have been fine - if Phaethon had not been like a rock-star's child with a new red Ferrari, scorching off the track, shrivelling crops, turning forest to desert, doubtless melting ice-caps if the Greeks had known about ice-caps, and only stopping when Zeus called a halt with a well-aimed world-saving thunderbolt. Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG:
