halt
Lame, limpingLame, limping.
» The train was brought to a sudden halt.
Потяг миттєво зупинився. — deniko
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1 senses(archaic, obsolete)Lame, limping.
- disabled in the feet or legs
Examples
77 sentencesThe train was brought to a sudden halt.
Потяг миттєво зупинився. — deniko
Tom stomped on the brake pedal and screeched to a halt.
ruТом вдавил педаль тормоза в пол и с визгом затормозил. — odexed
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.
Origin
From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from ProFrom Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
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4 synonymsLessons for this word
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