n.
1.the event of something ending
2.the act of stopping something
3.a brief stay in the course of a journey
4.the state of inactivity following an interruption
5.a spot where something halts or pauses
6.a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
7.a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
8.(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
9.a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens 10.a restraint that checks the motion of something 11.an obstruction in a pipe or tube stop v.
1.come to a halt, stop moving
2.put an end to a state or an activity
3.stop from happening or developing
4.interrupt a trip
5.cause to stop
6.prevent completion
7.hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
8.seize on its way
9.have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense 10.render unsuitable for passage 11.stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Idiom of the Day
for dear life
as though afraid of losing one`s life
The mountain climber held on to the rock for dear life as he waited for someone to rescue him.
