ALL meanings of arrest
ar·rest
A a - verb arrest If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime. 3
- verb arrest Arrest is also a noun. 3
- verb arrest If something or someone arrests a process, they stop it continuing. 3
- verb arrest If something interesting or surprising arrests your attention, you suddenly notice it and then continue to look at it or consider it carefully. 3
- verb arrest to deprive (a person) of liberty by taking him into custody, esp under lawful authority 3
- verb arrest to seize (a ship) under lawful authority 3
- verb arrest to slow or stop the development or progress of (a disease, growth, etc) 3
- verb arrest to catch and hold (one's attention, sight, etc) 3
- noun arrest the act of taking a person into custody, esp under lawful authority 3
- noun arrest the act of seizing and holding a ship under lawful authority 3
- noun arrest the state of being held, esp under lawful authority 3
- noun arrest the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something 3
- noun arrest the stopping or sudden cessation of motion of something 3
- verb transitive arrest to stop or check the motion, course, or spread of 3
- verb transitive arrest to seize or take into custody by authority of the law 3
- verb transitive arrest to catch and keep (one's attention, sight, etc.) 3
- noun arrest an arresting or being arrested; esp., a taking or being taken into custody by authority of the law 3
- noun arrest a thing for checking motion 3
- noun arrest Seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody. 1
- transitive verb arrest police: take into custody 1
- noun arrest legal taking into custody 1
- transitive verb arrest to slow or stop something 1
- noun arrest act of stopping 1
- transitive verb arrest to catch and hold 1
- transitive verb arrest medicine: stop growth 1
- verb with object arrest to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar. 1
- verb with object arrest to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention. 1
- verb with object arrest to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress. 1
- verb with object arrest Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer. 1
- noun arrest the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law. 1
- noun arrest any seizure or taking by force. 1
- noun arrest an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay. 1
- noun arrest Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop. 1
- idioms arrest under arrest, in custody of the police or other legal authorities: They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime. 1
- noun arrest A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something. 0
- noun arrest The condition of being stopped, standstill. 0
- noun arrest (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc. 0
- noun arrest A confinement, detention, as after an arrest. 0
- noun arrest A device to physically arrest motion. 0
- noun arrest (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators. 0
- noun arrest (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise. 0
- noun arrest (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse. 0
- verb arrest (Obsolete (No longer in use)) VT To stop the motion of (a person or animal). 0
- verb arrest (Obsolete (No longer in use)) VI To stay, remain. 0
- verb arrest (Transitive Verb) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). 0
- verb arrest (Transitive Verb) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. 0
- verb arrest (Transitive Verb) To catch the attention of. 0