ALL meanings of arrested
ar·rest
A a - noun arrested Having been stopped or prevented from developing. 1
- verb with object arrested to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar. 1
- verb with object arrested to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention. 1
- verb with object arrested to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress. 1
- verb with object arrested Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer. 1
- noun arrested the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law. 1
- noun arrested any seizure or taking by force. 1
- noun arrested an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay. 1
- noun arrested Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop. 1
- idioms arrested under arrest, in custody of the police or other legal authorities: They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime. 1
- verb arrested simple past tense and past participle of arrest. 0
- adjective arrested Having been stopped or prevented from developing; terminated prematurely. 0
- adjective arrested Having been placed under arrest, or having been charged with a crime. 0