halt

Meaning

Verb

1. To stop marching.
2. To stop either temporarily or permanently.
3. To bring to a stop.
4. To cause to discontinue.

Noun

1. A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
2. A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

Adj

Lame, limping.

Noun

Lameness; a limp.

Noun

A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.

Concepts

halt

stop

cease

pause

stay

stoppage

arrest

discontinue

end

stand

staunch

standstill

lame

suspension

block

rest

hinder

impede

interruption

check

cessation

delay

stopping

limp

halting

quit

obstruct

hold

come to a halt

stand up

stall

suspend

abate

finish

detain

hesitate

stand still

prevent

break

crippled

stanch

stem

hobble

lift

prorogue

quell

terminate

pull up

freeze

bring to a stop

come to a stop

draw up

hold back

restrain

bar

wait

kibosh

stop moving

conclude

stage

cause to stop

deadlock

intercept

give up

break off

close

termination

moratorium

encamp

game

gimpy

hitch

waver

H

be in the way

interrupt

postpone

hold-up

act of stopping

hold up

head off

stagnate

interrupted

hamper

stand in the way of

mate

tie up

baiting-place

halting place

staging post

stopping place

apprehend

nick

decision

judgement

ruling

hobbling

freeze up

put an end to

abeyance

ban

hang-up

stalemate

curb

withhold

wean

withdraw

cancel

bog down

get stuck

stop short

intermission

interim

nix

catch

grasp

seize

take

take hold of

stint

layover

stopover

standstil

time wasted

substation

walk lame

lodge

contain

full stop

vacillate

oscillate

kill

lay-over

pit stop

station

tarry

go straight up

rise

stand on end

defend

forbid

prohibit

stand upright

arise

resurrect

uplift

behave

raise

breather

dismissal

surcease

parking

balk

belay

cheese

give over

hang on

knock off

trig

waste

crippling

discontinuous

dwelling

phase-down

put out of action

set-back

shutoff

shuttingdown

throw-out of

paralysis

tie-up

hesitation

temporarily discontinued

time-out

counteract

forestall

whoa

stop abruptly

brake

go lame

falter

avert

discourage

foreclose

obviate

abatement

abort

adjournment

discontinuation

discontinuity

hiatus

interpellation

punctuation

conclusion

expiration

expiry

passing

back up

dam

dam up

dike

ebb

conk

fail

pull over

stop over

haul up

fixation

bring up

cut

cut off

flag down

pull

rein

rein in

still

switch off

thwart

turn off

turn out

block off

block up

blockade

bung

choke up

clog

jam

land up

lug

occlude

plug

screen

stopper

stopple

stuff

tampon

rebuff

repulse

ward off

weaken

to stop

short stop

come to a standstill

closing-down

hold still

adhere to

cling to

stick

adjourn

lap

haling place

flag station

call off

close out

fold up

stop walking

stop motion

defect

shin

tired

desist

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɒlt/

Etymology

From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). More at hold.

Sentences

The cold drizzle will halt the bond drive .