Stop is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for STOP in dictionary:

VERB:
• to halt or discontinue
• (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen
• cease to perform a specified action or have a specified experience
• abandon a specified practice or habit
• stop moving or operating
• (of a bus or train) call at a designated place to pick up or set down passengers
• stay somewhere for a short time
• cause (an action, process, or event) to come to an end
• prevent (an action or event) from happening
• prevent or dissuade (someone) from continuing in an activity or achieving an aim
• prevent (someone or something) from performing a specified action or undergoing a specified experience
• cause or order to cease moving or operating
• be hit by (a bullet).
• instruct a bank to withhold payment on (a cheque)
• refuse to supply as usual; withhold or deduct
• defeat (an opponent) by a knockout
• pinch back (a plant).
• block or close up (a hole or leak)
• put a filling in (a tooth).
• plug the upper end of (an organ pipe), giving a note an octave lower.
• obtain the required pitch from (the string of a violin or similar instrument) by pressing at the appropriate point with the finger.
• make (a rope) fast with a stopper.
• be or behave in a particular way
• remain in a particular state or condition
• cease or cause to cease from doing (something)
• To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
• To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage.
• To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood.
• To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity.
• To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part.
• To point, as a composition; to punctuate.
• To make fast; to stopper.
• To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.
• To cease from any motion, or course of action.
• To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend.
• come to a halt, stop moving
• put an end to a state or an activity
• stop from happening or developing
• interrupt a trip
• cause to stop
• prevent completion
• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
• seize on its way
• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
• render unsuitable for passage
• stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
• block the mouth of (a fox's earth) prior to a hunt.
NOUN:
• a cessation of movement or operation
• a break or halt during a journey
• a place designated for a bus or train to halt and pick up or set down passengers
• an object or part of a mechanism which is used to prevent something from moving
• a punctuation mark, especially a full stop.
• used in telegrams to indicate a full stop
• a consonant produced with complete closure of the vocal tract
• a high card that prevents the opponents from establishing a particular suit; a control
• a short length of rope used to secure something; a stopper.
• a set of organ pipes of a particular tone and range of pitch.
• a knob, lever, or similar device in an organ or harpsichord which brings into play a set of pipes or strings of a particular tone and range of pitch.
• the effective diameter of a lens.
• a device for reducing the effective diameter of a lens.
• a unit of change of relative aperture or exposure (with a reduction of one stop equivalent to halving it).
• The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.
• That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction.
• 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.
• The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated.
• In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop.
• A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.
• A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.
• The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
• The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.
• Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed.
• the event of something ending
• the act of stopping something
• a brief stay in the course of a journey
• the state of inactivity following an interruption
• a spot where something halts or pauses
• a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
• (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
• a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
• a restraint that checks the motion of something
• an obstruction in a pipe or tube
• stopping or being stopped
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to discontinue the progress or motion of

Words related to STOP

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Words that contain STOP

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How to use STOP in a sentence

• In the dark arbour of the cedar forest Falconer kept ordering the chauffeur of a hired car to slow down, or stop.
• I resolved to stop only a few days in Victoria, as it was my wish to arrive at Canton as soon as possible.
• Both the troopers went after him, and we waited half-an-hour, and then went on to the next police station to stop till they came back.
• I still recall the honey-fever grass, But I cannot bring back to mind just when We rooted them out of the ping-wing path To stop the mad bees in the rabbit pen.
• They would stop at Burnt Pine on Laurel Creek, where he could easily join them before night.
• Besides, we had to stop and feed ourselves and the horses.
• My plunge into the battle was a little risky, but I calculated that the Maoris would, most likely, be glad of an excuse to stop fighting.
• These he soon passed, and was presently among those who ride hard when there is nothing to stop them.
• They stop little in changing horses, and the Diligence is certainly well managed, and in general no accidents occur.
• The boy dropped his wrench as if he had been shot, and vaulting over the grain bags, was out through the door after her before any one could stop him.
• Travelers who came from the swamps of the Jordan loved to stop at Jericho before they took the hard and lonely road that led to Jerusalem.
• And it is needless to say that none of that crowd tried to stop him.
• For instance, he can drive a little past the corner every time when he ought to stop.
• She felt that he would sacrifice all alike, men and women, to his idol, and would never stop to care whether the victim were willing or unwilling.
• The guns whose horses were untouched passed those which were obliged to stop.
• The British answered with a blockade from the sea, giving notice, by their Orders-in-Council, that their Navy would stop the trade of every port which shut out British vessels.
• During the stop of the packet at Cairo he had taken Nanita ashore for a run.
• Many who were sailing by would stop just to see her.
• Even if these poor devils have right on their side, it is not a matter to stop and discuss, now.
• But in their eagerness to be first in the square, the Spaniards had pressed on, none caring to stop to see that the allies carried out the order.
• Nothing seemed more natural to them than to stop the combat as soon as the decision was obtained, and to regard all further carnage as unnecessary cruelty.
• For the good of society, it was necessary to put a stop to the outrages that had been so frequently committed.
• Hither came ambassadors from Ptolemy, king of Egypt, the Rhodians, Athenians, and Chians, to put a stop to hostilities between the Aetolians and Philip.
• They would have perished from hunger if they had not had a man with them who knew how to stop the rabbits when they were running.

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