1. (

• halt ,
• hold ,
• arrest

) cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" ;

2. (

• stop ,
• halt ,

) come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" ;

3. (

• stop ,
• halt ,
• block ,
• kibosh

) stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" ;

4. (

• stem ,
• stanch ,
• staunch ,
• halt ,

) stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" ;

1. (

• crippled ,
• halt ,
• halting ,
• lame ,
• gimpy ,
• game

) disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" ;

2. (

• halting

) fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few halting words of sorrow" ;