Meaning

21 senses
  1. A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

    They agreed to meet at the bus stop.

    Haltestelle, Busstopp

    остано́вкаostanóvka

    зупи́нкаzupýnka

  2. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.

    That stop was not planned.

    Stopp

    остано́вкаostanóvka

    the act of stopping something

  3. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.

  4. A device intended to block the path of a moving object

    door stop

    Stopper

    ограничи́тельograničítelʹ, остано́вostanóv, сто́порstópor

  5. A device intended to block the path of a moving object

    A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.

  6. A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.

  7. A consonant sound in which the passage of air is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.

  8. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.

  9. A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.

    The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.

    Register

    кла́панklápan

    (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

  10. One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.

  11. A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.

    Stoppball

  12. A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal.

Examples

10453 sentences
  1. I wish the rain would stop.

    Я би дуже хотів, щоб дощ припинився.

    ruЯ бы очень хотел, чтобы дождь перестал.

    deIch wünschte, der Regen würde aufhören.

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  2. The bus stopped in every village.

    Автобус зупинявся в кожному селі.

    ruАвтобус останавливался в каждой деревне.

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  3. Let's run to the bus stop.

    Побігли до автобусної зупинки.

    ruДавайте побежим к автобусной остановке.

    deRennen wir zur Bushaltestelle.

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  4. Let's stop and take a rest.

    Зупинімося та перепочиньмо.

    ruДавай остановимся и отдохнём.

    deLasst uns anhalten und eine Pause machen.

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  5. The horse stopped and wouldn't move.

    Кінь зупинився й не хоче йти далі.

    ruЛошадь остановилась и отказывалась идти дальше.

    deDas Pferd machte Halt und wollte nicht weiter.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
place to get on and off mass transport:
Русский
By meaning 4
punctuation symbol:
place to get on and off mass transport:
device to block a moving object:
music: knob or pin to regulate the flow of air in an organ:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
punctuation symbol:
place to get on and off mass transport:
interruption of travel:
device to block a moving object:
music: knob or pin to regulate the flow of air in an organ:
tennis: very short shot:

Origin

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close”), *stuppijaną (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (“to push; stick”), from *(s)tew- (“to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit”).

From Middle English stoppe, from Old English stoppa (“bucket, pail, a stop”), from Proto-Germanic *stuppô (“vat, vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teub- (“to push, hit; stick, stump”). See stoup.

From s- + top.

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Forms

plural: stops
Singularstop
Pluralstops

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

106 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • stop doing doing
  • the bus stop
  • to stop doing
  • bus stop
  • can't stop
  • should stop pretending
  • try to stop
  • stop pretending to
  • stop smoking
  • stop talking
  • going to stop
  • have to stop

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stop — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto