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Stop
Stop
v. t.
To
close
, as an
aperture
, by
filling
or by
obstructing
; as, to
stop
the
ears
;
hence
, to
stanch
, as a
wound
.
Stop
v. t.
To
obstruct
; to
render
impassable
; as, to
stop
a
way
,
road
, or
passage
.
Stop
v. t.
To
arrest
the
progress
of; to
hinder
; to
impede
; to
shut
in; as, to
stop
a
traveler
; to
stop
the
course
of a
stream
, or a
flow
of
blood
.
Stop
v. t.
To
hinder
from
acting
or
moving
; to
prevent
the
effect
or
efficiency
of; to
cause
to
cease
; to
repress
; to
restrain
; to
suppress
; to
interrupt
; to
suspend
; as, to
stop
the
execution
of a
decree
,
the
progress
of
vice
,
the
approaches
of
old
age
or
infirmity
.
Stop
v. t.
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
.
Stop
v. t.
To
point
, as a
composition
; to
punctuate
.
Stop
v. t.
To
make
fast
; to
stopper
.
Stop
v. i.
To
cease
to go on; to
halt
, or
stand
still
; to
come
to a
stop
.
Stop
v. i.
To
cease
from
any
motion
, or
course
of
action
.
Stop
v. i.
To
spend
a
short
time
; to
reside
temporarily
; to
stay
; to
tarry
; as, to
stop
with
a
friend
.
Stop
n.
The
act
of
stopping
, or
the
state
of
being
stopped
;
hindrance
of
progress
or of
action
;
cessation
;
repression
;
interruption
;
check
;
obstruction
.
Stop
n.
That
which
stops
,
impedes
, or
obstructs
; as
obstacle
; an
impediment
; an
obstruction
.
Stop
n.
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
.
Stop
n.
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
;
hence
,
any
contrivance
by
which
the
sounds
of a
musical
instrument
are
regulated
.
Stop
n.
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
;
the
register
itself
; as,
the
vox
humana
stop
.
Stop
n.
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
.
Stop
n.
A
point
or
mark
in
writing
or
printing
intended
to
distinguish
the
sentences
,
parts
of a
sentence
, or
clauses
; a
mark
of
punctuation
.
See
Punctuation
.
Stop
n.
The
diaphragm
used
in
optical
instruments
to
cut
off
the
marginal
portions
of a
beam
of
light
passing
through
lenses
.
Stop
n.
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
.
Stop
n.
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
.;
also
,
any
of
the
consonants
so
formed
.
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