stop

• the state of inactivity following an interruption
• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
• cause to stop
• render unsuitable for passage
• an obstruction in a pipe or tube
• stop from happening or developing
• prevent completion
• a restraint that checks the motion of something
• put an end to a state or an activity
• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
• a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
• the event of something ending
• come to a halt, stop moving
• stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
• seize on its way
• a brief stay in the course of a journey
• a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
• To make fast
• the act of stopping something
• a spot where something halts or pauses
• (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
• interrupt a trip
• To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing
• To obstruct
• To arrest the progress of
• To hinder from acting or moving
• To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part
• To point, as a composition
• To cease to go on
• To cease from any motion, or course of action
• To spend a short time
• The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped
• That which stops, impedes, or obstructs
• A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought
• The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone
• In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes
• A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far
• A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses
• The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses
• The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds
• Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Republika Srpska
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Georgia

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