stop
A place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually…A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
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21 sensesA (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
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
door stop
Stopper
ограничи́тельograničítelʹ, остано́вostanóv, сто́порstópor
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
Punkt
знак препина́нияznak prepinánija, точкаtočka
More meanings 18
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
That stop was not planned.
Stopp
остано́вкаostanóvka
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
A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
Stoppball
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.
A marking on a rabbit's hind foot.
The American Rabbit Breeders Association holds that the stops of a Dutch rabbit should be white from the toes to one third of the way along the foot.
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.
A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
A consonant sound in which the passage of air is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- the event of something ending
- the act of stopping something
- a brief stay in the course of a journey
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
Origin
From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), fromFrom 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: stopsSynonyms
23 synonyms- the event of something ending:halt
- the act of stopping something:stoppage
- a brief stay in the course of a journey:stopoverlayover
- the state of inactivity following an interruption:arrestcheckhalthitchstaystoppage
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it:stop consonantocclusiveplosive consonantplosive speech soundplosive
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations:periodpointfull stopfull point
Word family
106 related wordsCollocations
7 patterns- stop doing that
- bus stop
- try to stop
- need to stop
- stop smoking
- going to stop
- have to stop
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.