Halt is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HALT in dictionary:

VERB:
• to stop
• bring or come to an abrupt stop
• used as a military command to bring marching soldiers to a stop
• walk with a limp
• come or bring to a stop
• To hold one\'s self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
• To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
• To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
• cause to stop
• come to a halt, stop moving
• stop from happening or developing
• stop the flow of a liquid
NOUN:
• a suspension of movement or activity, typically a temporary one
• a minor stopping place on a local railway line.
• A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
• The act of limping; lameness.
• the state of inactivity following an interruption
• the event of something ending
• an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
• temporary stop
ADJECTIVE:
• lame
• Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
• To walk lamely; to limp.
• To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
• disabled in the feet or legs
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

Words related to HALT

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Words that contain HALT

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How to use HALT in a sentence

• The execution of the order begins when the halt is completed.
• The command HALT is given when all have their distances.
• It was a halt between a group of cottages, where Belgian soldiers were huddled close to the walls under the timber beams of the barns.
• For my part, my counsel is that you halt all your men, and rest them in the fields throughout this day.
• However, it was not thought advisable to halt him, and so the party fled through in the wake of the advance guard.
• Such was the apprehension of this, that their officer deemed it necessary to halt his party, and order them to prime and load, which they did.
• He was torn between the wish to hasten her along, for her own greater ease of mind, and the impulse to halt this hardship.
• Therefore his arrival at this point was of more interest and importance to Willis than any ordinary camping halt.
• But Nucky, although he was weary and saddle sore had no intention of crying a halt, now that the trail was level.
• We came to a halt again in a place where soldiers were crouched under cottage walls.
• The ranks behind stumble in on top of the fallen before word can be passed to halt.
• But they did not halt until they were on the sandy beach, where the big waves were pounding.
• Then the wild herd set off at a trot, went a mile or more up the ravine, and came to a halt near another feeding-place, a clump of young bamboos.
• The unknown voice then directed me to take ten steps forward and stop at the word halt.
• On discovering these men, Turner ordered his own men to halt and form, as now they were beginning to be alarmed.
• Here a halt was made for breakfast under the shade of some splendid trees.
• He reached the level plateau on the rise, where his companions saw him halt suddenly, throwing both arms above his head.
• Dixon, the Roman Catholic priest, calling to them to halt, that I wished to speak to them.
• He assured me I should find no water at my old encampment where I intended again to halt, for that he had passed the previous night there without water.
• Presently little Giant held up his hand for the party to halt.
• The Confederates, when the order was given to halt, had dropped where they stood, and lay sleeping by the roadside.
• When the caravan made a halt, one end of the pole was unfastened and dropped upon the ground.
• Then, as the Germans continued to retreat, General French called a halt.
• Now, sir, the idea of asking a man well in both legs to halt, is preposterous.
• Snecker pulled his huge bay and pounded to halt abreast of me.
• A halt was called, and all useless baggage and clothing laid aside.

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