All stop synonyms
stop
S s verb stop
- disadvise β (transitive) To advise against; to dissuade from.
- hold back β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- forfend β to defend, secure, or protect.
- bivouac β A bivouac is a temporary camp made by soldiers or mountain climbers.
- hold up β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- blot out β If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- call it quits β to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
- nobble β to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- ease off β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- foreshow β to show beforehand.
- go downhill β travel down a slope
- boxed in β simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- field β Cyrus West, 1819β92, U.S. financier: projector of the first Atlantic cable.
- abolish β If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- hold down β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hold the phone β not hang up
- fade away β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- look on β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- intermitted β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- make with β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- forbid β to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
- quell β to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
- discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- give in β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- bitted β Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- get involved β play a part
- inhibit β to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- beat around the bush β to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- bivouacked β a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- deplane β to disembark from an aeroplane
- lodge β Henry Cabot, 1850β1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893β1924.
- forbear β to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
- idled β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- give over β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- come to a halt β stop suddenly
- burke β Edmund. 1729β97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
noun stop
- layover β stopover.
- blank wall β an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
- bung β A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask.
- omega β the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ©, Ο).
- immobilization β to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- inhibitor β a person or thing that inhibits.
- quiescency β Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- infarct β a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
interj stop
- drop it β stop talking about it