halt
To limp; move with a limping gaitTo limp; move with a limping gait.
» The train was brought to a sudden halt.
Потяг миттєво зупинився.
Meaning
9 senses(intransitive, obsolete)To limp; move with a limping gait.
(intransitive, obsolete)To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
(intransitive, obsolete)To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
(obsolete)To waver.
(obsolete)To falter.
(intransitive, obsolete)To stop marching.
stop the flow of a liquid
(intransitive, obsolete)To stop either temporarily or permanently.
anhalten, stoppen, rasten
класть на полкуklastʹ na polku, встать, замеретьzameretʹ
stop from happening or developing
(obsolete, transitive)To bring to a stop.
anhalten, stoppen, stocken
cause to come to an abrupt stop
(obsolete, transitive)To cause to discontinue.
The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
anhalten, stoppen, stocken
остана́вливатьostanávlivatʹ
Examples
77 sentencesThe train was brought to a sudden halt.
Потяг миттєво зупинився.
Tom stomped on the brake pedal and screeched to a halt.
ruТом вдавил педаль тормоза в пол и с визгом затормозил.
Tom's car screeched to a halt.
Traffic has been halted.
As the train came to a halt, all of the passengers wondered what was happening.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), frFrom Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *haltōn, related to *halt. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta.
From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information).
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Forms
halts, halting, halted, haltedSynonyms
17 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle