stop
stop
stɑp
staap
/stɒp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "stop"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to not move anymore
Intransitive: to stop | to stop somewhere
to stop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bus stopped at the bus stop to pick up passengers.
āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something to be no longer working or operating
Transitive: to stop a tool or machine
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He needs to stop the car engine quickly.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
1.2

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to end a particular action or activity for a short period of time to do something else
Transitive: to stop an activity
to stop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He stopped working on the project to answer an important phone call.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϞ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.3

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something or someone not move anymore
Transitive: to stop sb/sth
to stop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The security guard stopped the unauthorized person at the entrance.
āϏāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāωāϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.4

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be no longer working or operating
Transitive: to stop doing sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car 's engine stopped running in the middle of the road.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something to come to an end or prevent it from happening
Transitive: to stop sth
to stop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The firefighters worked tirelessly to stop the fire.
āĻ…āĻ—ā§āύāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĒāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻ—ā§āύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.1

āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to discourage or prevent a person from pursuing something such as an activity or a goal
Transitive: to stop sb from sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't let fear stop you from chasing your dreams.
āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
2.2

āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to prevent the payment of money from happening
Transitive: to stop a payment or transaction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had to stop the check because the product was faulty.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻ• āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to block or close a hole, leak, etc. so that nothing can pass through it
Transitive: to stop an opening
to stop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you stop the faucet in the kitchen sink? It's dripping.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϞ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ? āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§‹āρāϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢā§‹āρāϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(with reference to a process, event, or action) to finish or cease to happen
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Did the construction noise finally stop?
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇?
4.1

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to finish performing a particular thing or having a certain experience
Transitive: to stop doing sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He would n't stop bragging about his new car.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
4.2

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to give up a particular habit or practice
Transitive: to stop doing sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's trying to stop biting his nails.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻ– āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āύāĻ•āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(boxing) to knockout an opponent and defeat them
Transitive: to stop an opponent
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She stopped her rival in the first round with a devastating punch.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϰāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āϘ⧁āώāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ

the act of stopping something
stop definition and meaning
02

āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ

a place where a train or bus usually stops for passengers to get on or off
stop definition and meaning
03

āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ, āϟāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϞ

the handle of a pipe organ that is pulled or pushed in order to let pressurized air through the pipes, controlling the sound produced
stop definition and meaning
04

āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ

a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
stop definition and meaning
05

āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ, āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ

a brief stay in the course of a journey
06

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ

the event of something ending
07

āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ

a spot where something halts or pauses
08

āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ

the state of inactivity following an interruption
09

āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ, āĻŦā§āϰ⧇āĻ•

a restraint that checks the motion of something
10

āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧋āϧ

an obstruction in a pipe or tube
11

āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĢā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ, āĻļāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ

a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
12

āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

stopped
stopper
stopping
stop
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