Noun

• S: (n) fillet (fillet%1:06:01::), stopping (stopping%1:06:00::) (fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members)
• S: (n) stopping (stopping%1:04:00::) (the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch) "the violinist's stopping was excellent"

Verb

• S: (v) stop (stop%2:38:00::), halt (halt%2:38:01::) (come to a halt, stop moving) "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
• S: (v) discontinue (discontinue%2:42:00::), stop (stop%2:42:00::), cease (cease%2:42:00::), give up (give_up%2:42:00::), quit (quit%2:42:04::), lay off (lay_off%2:42:00::) (put an end to a state or an activity) "Quit teasing your little brother"
• S: (v) stop (stop%2:41:00::), halt (halt%2:41:00::), block (block%2:41:01::), kibosh (kibosh%2:41:00::) (stop from happening or developing) "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
• S: (v) stop (stop%2:38:02::), stop over (stop_over%2:38:00::) (interrupt a trip) "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"
• S: (v) stop (stop%2:38:01::) (cause to stop) "stop a car"; "stop the thief"
• S: (v) break (break%2:30:02::), break off (break_off%2:30:00::), discontinue (discontinue%2:30:00::), stop (stop%2:30:05::) (prevent completion) "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
• S: (v) check (check%2:33:06::), turn back (turn_back%2:33:00::), arrest (arrest%2:33:00::), stop (stop%2:33:00::), contain (contain%2:33:00::), hold back (hold_back%2:33:00::) (hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of) "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
• S: (v) intercept (intercept%2:35:00::), stop (stop%2:35:00::) (seize on its way) "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
• S: (v) end (end%2:42:00::), stop (stop%2:42:13::), finish (finish%2:42:00::), terminate (terminate%2:42:00::), cease (cease%2:42:13::) (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical) "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
• S: (v) barricade (barricade%2:35:00::), block (block%2:35:00::), blockade (blockade%2:35:00::), stop (stop%2:35:12::), block off (block_off%2:35:00::), block up (block_up%2:35:00::), bar (bar%2:35:00::) (render unsuitable for passage) "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
• S: (v) hold on (hold_on%2:30:05::), stop (stop%2:30:12::) (stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments) "Hold on a moment!"