1. (

• stop ,
• halt ,

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

2. (

• discontinue ,
• stop ,
• cease ,
• give_up ,
• quit ,
• lay_off

) put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" ;

3. (

• stop ,
• halt ,
• block ,
• kibosh

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

4. (

• stop ,
• stop_over

) interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence" ;

5. (

• stop ,

) cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" ;

6. (

• break ,
• break_off ,
• discontinue ,
• stop ,

) prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" ;

7. (

• check ,
• turn_back ,
• arrest ,
• stop ,
• contain ,
• hold_back

) 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" ;

8. (

• intercept ,
• stop

) seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace" ;

9. (

• end ,
• stop ,
• finish ,
• terminate ,
• cease ,

) 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" ;

10. (

• barricade ,
• block ,
• blockade ,
• stop ,
• block_off ,
• block_up ,
• bar

) render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" ;

11. (

• hold_on ,
• stop ,

) stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!" ;