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amazing, astounding, astonishing, stunning,
stool, n. 1. footstool, hassock, ottoman, taboret; stepstool, folding stool, campstool, milking stool; seat, bench, cricket; kneeler, prie-dieu, faldstool.
2. decoy, bait, lure, come-on, trick; trap, snare, springe.
3. toilet, commode; privy, cloaca, latrine, outhouse, backhouse; bathroom, washroom, lavatory, Brit. water closet.
4. feces, fecal matter, feculence, excrement, excreta, bowel movement; dung, ordure, manure, Obs. sterco-ration.
5. window sill or ledge, apron, casement.
stoop1, v. 1. bend, lean, crook; bow, curtsy, salaam, kowtow, genuflect; crouch, squat, hunker, hunch, SI. scrooch down, kneel; slouch, slump, droop, nod, flag, sag, sink; duck, bob, dip, dive.
2. condescend, lower or humble oneself, deign; assent, consent, submit, yield, give in, acquiesce, concede.
-n. 3. slouch, slump, droop, sag; Vet. Pathol, sway-back; bow, curtsy, salaam, genuflection, kowtow, cowering; crouch, squat; duck, bob, dip.
4. condescension, deigning, debasement, abasement, comedown; humbling, humility, self-deprecation, overmodesty, self-abnegation; yielding, submission, acquiescence.
stoop2, n. porch, portico, Hawaiian, lanai, veranda, Chiefly New Eng. and Southern U.S. piazza, front or back step or steps; patio, terrace, Fr. terrasse.
stop, v. 1. discontinue, quit, cease from, leave off, Inf drop* abandon; desist from, forbear, Inf. cut out, SI. can, SI. cheese, Brit. SI. nark it; withdraw from, have done with; (ail of work) Inf. call it quits, call it a day, shut up shop, Inf knock off; finish, complete, culminate, consummate.
2. pause, desist, cease, halt, quit, SI. hold the phone, Archaic, surcease; slow down, hold one's horses, come to a standstill, (of a car) pull up or over, (of a ship) lie to; come to an end, conclude, draw to a close, lapse, break off, wind up, run out, run its course; rest, wait, linger, tarry, idle.
3. terminate, close, end, stay, put an end to; lay to rest, make an end of; silence, quiet, still; quell, squelch, subdue, put down, squash, scotch; lower the boom, crack down on, quash, put the kibosh on; arrest, check, cut short, interrupt, nip in the bud, throttle, Archaic, stanch; defeat, discomfit, rout, smash, crush, destroy, overpower, master.
4. intercept, cut off, choke off, shut off; withhold, refuse, deny; retain, hold back.
5. restrain, repress, suppress, curb, rein in, constrain; hamper, impede, thwart, foil, frustrate, checkmate, deadlock; hinder, delay, retard, detain, prevent, Inf tie up; deter, stall, postpone.
6. block, bar, obstruct, clog, barricade, blockade, occlude; stifle, muzzle, choke, stem; close, stuff, cram, ram, dam, oppilate; caulk, seal, plug, bung, cork.
7. stop by a. visit, pay a visit, pay a call, stop in or over, drop in or over. b. remain, lodge, sojourn, put up at, lay over, stop off, Inf. stay or sleep over. -n. 8. cessation, arrest, end, stay, standstill, halt, desistance, termination, abruption; intermission, interlude, interval, abeyance, break, Inf. letup; interruption, disruption, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity; delay, hold back.
9. sojourn, stay, visit; stop-off, stopover, layover; rest, respite, vacation, Brit, holiday. 10. station, depot, terminal, terminus, station house; rest area, roadstop, truck stop, Brit, layover. 11. closing up, closure, shutting off, U.S. Pari. Proc. cloture; blocking, filling up, stoppage, oppilation,
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