stop

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To cease moving.
2. (intransitive) Not to continue.
3. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
4. (transitive) To cease; to no longer continue.
5. (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
6. (causative, transitive) To interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something.
7. (transitive) To close or block an opening.
8. (intransitive, often, transitive) To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
9. (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
10. To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
11. (obsolete) To punctuate.
12. To make fast; to stopper.
13. (transitive) To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
14. (transitive) To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.

Noun

1. A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
2. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
3. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
4. A device intended to block the path of a moving object
5. A device intended to block the path of a moving object
6. A device intended to block the path of a moving object
7. A consonant sound in which the passage of air is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
8. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
9. A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
10. One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
11. A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
12. A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
13. The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
14. A marking on a rabbit's hind foot.
15. A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
16. A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
17. An f-stop.
18. The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
19. A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
20. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of full stop.

Punct

Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.

Noun

A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.

Noun

The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.

Opposite of

keep

Synonyms

halt

cease

end

🔚

prevent

check

finish

quit

pause

hinder

block

obstruct

discontinue

stay

terminate

arrest

impede

rest

cessation

stand

detain

interrupt

intercept

restrain

stoppage

give up

suspend

close

delay

break

wait

conclude

hold back

plug

stand still

desist

complete

station

🚉

break off

leave off

abate

stall

hold up

forbid

suppress

brake

thwart

oppose

prohibit

bar

come to a stop

Translations

arrêter

parar

🛑

stoppen

🛑

aufhören

🛑

cesser

parar

🛑

s’arrêter

anhalten

🛑

smettere

terminar

finire

fermare

🛑

terminare

🔚

cessare

🛑

fermarsi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɒp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stoppen

Inherited from Old English: stoppian

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: stopje

Cognate with Western Frisian: stopje

Cognate with Dutch: stoppen

Cognate with Low German: stoppen

Cognate with German: stopfen

Cognate with German: stoppen

Cognate with Danish: stoppe

Cognate with Swedish: stoppa

Cognate with Icelandic: stoppa

Cognate with Middle High German: stupfen

Cognate with Ancient Greek: στύπη

Inherited from Middle English: stoppe

Inherited from Old English: stoppa

Cognate with Norwegian: stopp

Cognate with Middle High German: stubech

Cognate with Middle Low German: stōp

Cognate with Middle High German: stouf

Cognate with Norwegian: staupa

Cognate with Icelandic: staupa

Cognate with Old English: stēap

Cognate with Albanian: shtambë

In summary

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close”), *stuppijaną (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (“to push; stick”), from *(s)tew- (“to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian stopje (“to stop, block”), West Frisian stopje (“to stop”), Dutch stoppen (“to stop”), Low German stoppen (“to stop”), German stopfen (“to be filling, stuff”), German stoppen (“to stop”), Danish stoppe (“to stop”), Swedish stoppa (“to stop”), Icelandic stoppa (“to stop”), Middle High German stupfen, stüpfen (“to pierce”). More at stuff, stump.
Alternative etymology derives Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn from an assumed Vulgar Latin *stūpāre, *stuppāre (“to stop up with tow”), from stūpa, stīpa, stuppa (“tow, flax, oakum”), from Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē), στύππη (stúppē, “tow, flax, oakum”). This derivation, however, is doubtful, as the earliest instances of the Germanic verb do not carry the meaning of "stuff, stop with tow". Rather, these senses developed later in response to influence from similar sounding words in Latin and Romance.

Sentences

What made you stop playing ?

Bail the boat to stop it from sinking .

If you just finished speaking this sentence , click the red button below to stop recording .

But he didn't stop .

But that did not stop Gibbs from his pursuit of an all-steel subway car .

Knowing that she really can't stop him , she lowers the gun .