Stop

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NOUN

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

VERB

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

seize on its way

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

render unsuitable for passage

stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

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