- 1an act of stopping or stopping something; the state of being stopped The trip included an overnight stop in St. Louis. She brought the car to a stop. Work has temporarily come to a stop while the funding is reviewed. It is time to put a stop to the violence. Babies do not grow at a steady rate but in stops and starts. see nonstop, whistle-stop
of bus/train - 2a place where a bus or train stops regularly for passengers to get on or off I get off at the next stop. Is this your stop? Palo Alto will be the next station stop. see bus stop, pit stop
- 3a row of pipes on an organ that produce the different sounds
- 4a handle on an organ that the player pushes in or pulls out to control the sound produced by the pipes phonetics
- 5a speech sound made by stopping the flow of air coming out of the mouth and then suddenly releasing it, for example/p, k, t/ synonym plosive, glottal stop money
- 6[usually singular] (also stop payment) an order telling your bank not to pay a check you have written I put a stop on the check because it was lost in the mail. Idioms
act of stopping
to stop completely The car began to shudder and eventually came to a full stop in front of the church.
to make the greatest effort possible to achieve something
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