Word Finder - stop

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A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

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They agreed to meet at the bus stop.

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An action of stopping; interruption of travel.

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That stop was not planned.

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That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.

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A device intended to block the path of a moving object

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door stop

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A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.

synonyms

• occlusive
• plosive

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A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.

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A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.

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The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.

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One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.

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A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.

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The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.

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The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.

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A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.

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A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.

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An f-stop.

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The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.

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A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.

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To cease moving.

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I stopped at the traffic lights.

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To not continue.

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Soon the rain will stop.

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To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

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The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.

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To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).

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One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.

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To cause (something) to come to an end.

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The referees stopped the fight.

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To close or block an opening.

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He stopped the wound with gauze.

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(often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.

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To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.

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To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.

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He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.

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To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.

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To punctuate.

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To make fast; to stopper.

If everyone would stop talking about it...

Stop thinking about it.

Stop and consider that for a moment.

We can stop right here if you want, Carmen.

Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever stop seeing that.

I would never stop you from going to college or doing anything else you wanted to do.

Stop treating me special.

When he didn't stop, she stamped her foot.

She had come this far, and nothing was going to stop her now.

I met him as he rode into town, and he said that he intended to stop at this hotel.

The man who had wished to stop the affair ran to a corner of the room and threw himself on a sofa with his face to the wall.

I can't stop eating.

She had to stop thinking about the past that way.

I won't try to stop you.

Stop arguing with me and get on that horse, or do you want me to put you on it?

I will stop him.

Why couldn't she stop thinking of him that way?

Stop calling him that!

She had been letting him feed on her to teach him how to stop.

As it came to a stop the conductor called out in a loud voice.

He was still lying on the bed as before, but the stern expression of his quiet face made Princess Mary stop short on the threshold.

Stop, stop! she cried to the coachman.

Unable to stop shaking, she at least was able to breathe again and pulled his rich scent into her lungs.

As usual, the next stop filled the train, and she looked with some irritation at a five-year-old who shoved by her legs to stand next to the window beside her.

She didn.t try to stop him.

You have to stop plying me with booze or I'll think you have evil intentions.

You think that's going to stop me?

All it takes is the resolve to stop - provided you actually want to stop.

I wanted to stop and see it for myself.

I'll stop the whole thing before I'll do that.

Stop overlooking the resources you have at your disposal.

Her heart and breathing drowning out every other sound, she raced down the hall and around a corner, sliding to a stop as she saw the men headed her way.

If she gave herself a second to think, she'd stop and sob, until someone else came by and killed her.

With any luck, the worst part of her day would be missing her stop.

The words echoed in her head, and she walked blindly for several moments, until the cold burning her lungs made her stop.

Katie emerged in time to see her sister stop beside her fiancé.

Would you stop that?

She stepped on something squishy but didn't let herself stop to think about what it was.

She watched him stop lacing his boots.

I guess when you stop counting hours and days and just count months or years—

That didn.t stop her from being angry at the man who would dump her sister off to deal with the hell she.d gone through.

Barks and roars from further down the stairs made her stop and grip the railing.

Only when they both emerged into the basement did she stop to catch her breath.

He fought with unrestrained fury, not wanting to stop and think of the most ridiculous thought ever to cross his mind.

Evelyn didn't stop for a full minute.

She was meant to be his, this he didn't doubt, though he couldn't stop the trickle of unease that warned him she may not be able to adjust to their world as easily as he wished.

Though he made no move to stop her once she was visible, he did trail her.

If what A'Ran said was true, her presence would stop the suffering of his people.

I almost died a million times over, and if I didn't know how to enable the shields on the escape pod, I would have burned up in the atmosphere, and if that didn't kill me, then hitting the planet-- He held up a hand, planting it across her mouth when she refused to stop.

She started to cry again, too exhausted to stop.