stop - Meaning in Sanskrit

stop - Meaning in Sanskrit

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Definitions and Meaning of stop in English

stop noun

1. the act of stopping something

   Examples

   • "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
   • "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"
2. an obstruction in a pipe or tube

   Example

   • "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
3. a restraint that checks the motion of something

   Example

   • "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
4. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

   Example

   • "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
5. (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

   Example

   • "the organist pulled out all the stops"
6. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

   Example

   • "in England they call a period a stop"
7. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

   Example

   • "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
8. the event of something ending

   Example

   • "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
9. a spot where something halts or pauses

   Example

   • "his next stop is Atlanta"
10. the state of inactivity following an interruption

    Examples

    • "during the halt he got some lunch"
    • "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
    • "held them in check"
    • "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"
    • "the negotiations were in arrest"
11. a brief stay in the course of a journey

    Example

    • "they made a stopover to visit their friends"

stop verb

1. put an end to a state or an activity

   Example

   • "Quit teasing your little brother"
2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

   Synonyms

   terminate

   Examples

   • "My property ends by the bushes"
   • "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"
   • "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
   • "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"
3. stop from happening or developing

   Examples

   • "Block his election"
   • "Halt the process"
4. interrupt a trip

   Examples

   • "they stopped for three days in Florence"
   • "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"
5. come to a halt, stop moving

   Examples

   • "She stopped in front of a store window"
   • "the car stopped"
6. cause to stop

   Examples

   • "stop a car"
   • "stop the thief"
7. render unsuitable for passage

   Examples

   • "barricade the streets"
   • "block the way"
   • "stop the busy road"
8. seize on its way

   Example

   • "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
9. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

   Examples

   • "Arrest the downward trend"
   • "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"
   • "Contain the rebel movement"
   • "Turn back the tide of communism"
10. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

    Example

    • "Hold on a moment!"
11. prevent completion

    Examples

    • "break off the negotiations"
    • "stop the project"

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