ALL meanings of arresting
ar·rest·ing
A a - adjective arresting attracting attention; striking 3
- adjective arresting attracting attention; interesting; striking 3
- noun arresting Striking; eye-catching. 1
- adjective arresting strikingly notable 1
- adjective arresting attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile. 1
- adjective arresting making or having made an arrest: the arresting officer. 1
- verb with object arresting to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar. 1
- verb with object arresting to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention. 1
- verb with object arresting to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress. 1
- verb with object arresting Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer. 1
- noun arresting the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law. 1
- noun arresting any seizure or taking by force. 1
- noun arresting an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay. 1
- noun arresting Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop. 1
- idioms arresting 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 arresting present participle of arrest. 0