n.

1. the event of something ending;
   halt
   
   • it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
2. the act of stopping something;
   stoppage
   
   • the third baseman made some remarkable stops
   • his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
3. a brief stay in the course of a journey;
   stopover, layover
   
   • they made a stopover to visit their friends
4. the state of inactivity following an interruption;
   arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage
   
   • the negotiations were in arrest
   • held them in check
   • during the halt he got some lunch
   • the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
   • he spent the entire stop in his seat
5. a spot where something halts or pauses
   
   • his next stop is Atlanta
6. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it;
   stop consonant, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive
   
   • his stop consonants are too aspirated
7. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;
   period, point, full stop, full point
   
   • in England they call a period a stop
8. (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
   
   • the organist pulled out all the stops
9. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;
   diaphragm
   
   • the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
10. a restraint that checks the motion of something;
    catch
    
    • he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
11. an obstruction in a pipe or tube;
    blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stoppage
    
    • we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe

v.

1. come to a halt, stop moving;
   halt
   
   • the car stopped
   • She stopped in front of a store window
2. put an end to a state or an activity;
   discontinue, cease, give up, quit, lay off
   
   • Quit teasing your little brother
3. stop from happening or developing;
   halt, block, kibosh
   
   • Block his election
   • Halt the process
4. interrupt a trip;
   stop over
   
   • we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
   • they stopped for three days in Florence
5. cause to stop
   
   • stop a car
   • stop the thief
6. prevent completion;
   break, break off, discontinue
   
   • stop the project
   • break off the negotiations
7. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;
   check, turn back, arrest, contain, hold back
   
   • Arrest the downward trend
   • Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
   • Contain the rebel movement
   • Turn back the tide of communism
8. seize on its way;
   intercept
   
   • The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
9. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
   end, finish, terminate, cease
   
   • 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
10. render unsuitable for passage;
    barricade, block, blockade, block off, block up, bar
    
    • block the way
    • barricade the streets
    • stop the busy road
11. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments;
    hold on
    
    • Hold on a moment!