Meaning of stop
Definition of stop
the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
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"
(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"
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"
prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"