stop

/stɔp/
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stop

The plumber removed a stop from the kitchen drainpipe.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A cessation of movement or activity: The act of ceasing to move or function.
    • A place where a vehicle halts: A designated location where a bus, train, etc., regularly pauses to pick up or drop off passengers.
    • A punctuation mark: A period (.) used to indicate the end of a sentence.
    • A mechanical device for halting or regulating: A part that blocks, limits, or controls motion, such as a camera's aperture control or an organ's sound control.
    • An obstruction: Something that blocks a passage or flow.

  2. Verb:

    • To cease moving or operating: To come to a halt or to cause something to come to a halt.
    • To prevent from happening or continuing: To bring an action, process, or event to an end.
    • To block or obstruct: To prevent passage or progress.
    • To stay or visit briefly: To pause at a place during a journey.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • The car came to a sudden stop.
    • I get off at the next bus stop.
    • Remember to put a stop at the end of the sentence.
    • The plumber removed the stop in the pipe.

  • Verb:

    • Please stop the car here.
    • The rain finally stopped.
    • A fallen tree stopped traffic on the road.
    • We stopped in Rome for two days on our trip.
Advanced Usage

  • "To put a stop to something": To cause something to end.

    • The new law aims to put a stop to illegal logging.

  • "To stop at nothing": To be willing to do anything to achieve a goal, regardless of how extreme.

    • He will stop at nothing to win the election.

  • "To stop short of (doing something)": To decide not to take a final, often extreme, action.

    • The critic stopped short of calling the film a complete failure.
Variants and Related Words

  • Stoppage (n): An instance of stopping, especially of work due to a strike or a blockage.

    • The factory was closed due to a work stoppage.

  • Stopper (n): A plug for sealing a hole, especially in a bottle.

    • He put the stopper back in the wine bottle.

  • Non-stop (adj/adv): Without stopping; continuous.

    • We took a non-stop flight to Tokyo.
Synonyms
  • Verb: Cease, halt, end, terminate, discontinue, quit.
  • Noun: Halt, cessation, standstill, termination.
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Stop by: To visit briefly.

    • Could you stop by the store on your way home?

  • Stop off: To make a short stop during a journey.

    • We stopped off in Paris for a few hours.

  • Stop over: To stay somewhere overnight or for a short period during a long journey.

    • Our flight stops over in Dubai.

  • Stop up: To block or fill a hole.

    • We need to stop up that leak in the roof.
Related Idioms

  • Pull out all the stops: To make a very great effort to achieve something.

    • They pulled out all the stops to make the wedding perfect.

  • A full stop: (British English) Used to emphasize that there is nothing more to say on a matter; a period (.).

    • I'm not going, full stop.
stop

The plumber removed a stop from the kitchen drainpipe.

Noun
  1. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
    • we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
  2. a restraint that checks the motion of something
    • he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
  3. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
    • the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
  4. (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
  5. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
    • in England they call a period a stop
  6. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
    • his stop consonants are too aspirated
  7. a spot where something halts or pauses
    • his next stop is Atlanta
  8. the state of inactivity following an interruption
    • 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
  9. a brief stay in the course of a journey
    • they made a stopover to visit their friends
  10. the act of stopping something
    • the third baseman made some remarkable stops
    • his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
  11. the event of something ending
    • it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
Verb
  1. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
    • Hold on a moment!
  2. render unsuitable for passage
    • block the way
    • barricade the streets
    • stop the busy road
  3. 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
  4. seize on its way
    • The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
  5. 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
  6. prevent completion
    • stop the project
    • break off the negotiations
  7. cause to stop
    • stop a car
    • stop the thief
  8. interrupt a trip
    • we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
    • they stopped for three days in Florence
  9. stop from happening or developing
    • Block his election
    • Halt the process
  10. put an end to a state or an activity
    • Quit teasing your little brother
  11. come to a halt, stop moving
    • the car stopped
    • She stopped in front of a store window

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