stop
To cease movingTo cease moving.
» I wish the rain would stop.
Ich wünschte, der Regen würde aufhören. — Wolf
Я бы очень хотел, чтобы дождь перестал. — shanghainese
Вот бы дождь прекратился. — odexed
Вот бы дождь кончился. — marafon
Я би дуже хотів, щоб дощ припинився. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
16 senses(intransitive)To cease moving.
I stopped at the traffic lights.
anhalten, stehen bleiben, stoppen
остана́вливатьсяostanávlivatʹsja, останови́тьсяostanovítʹsja
зупиня́тисяzupynjátysja, зупини́тисяzupynýtysja
come to a halt, stop moving
(intransitive)Not to continue.
The riots stopped when police moved in.
Soon the rain will stop.
(transitive)To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
This guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him.
anhalten, stoppen, aufhalten
остана́вливатьostanávlivatʹ, останови́тьostanovítʹ
зупиня́тиzupynjáty, зупини́тиzupynýty
cause to end
(transitive)To cease; to no longer continue.
One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.
aufhören
перестава́тьperestavátʹ, переста́тьperestátʹ, прекраща́тьсяprekraščátʹsja
перестава́тиperestaváty, переста́тиperestáty, припиня́тисяprypynjátysja
(transitive)To cause (something) to come to an end.
The referees stopped the fight.
stoppen, beenden
прекраща́тьprekraščátʹ, прекрати́тьprekratítʹ
припиня́тиprypynjáty, припини́тиprypynýty
put an end to a state or an activity
(causative, transitive)To interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something.
Don't let me stop you working.
interrupt a trip
(transitive)To close or block an opening.
He stopped the wound with gauze.
Rotten leaves and branches have stopped the gutter.
stopfen
затыка́тьzatykátʹ, заткну́тьzatknútʹ
(intransitive, often, transitive)To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.
(intransitive)To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
to stop with a friend
He stopped for two weeks at the inn.
остана́вливатьсяostanávlivatʹsja, останови́тьсяostanovítʹsja, остана́вливатьсяostanávlivatʹsja
To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
To make fast; to stopper.
(transitive)To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
th-stopping
stop from happening or developing
Examples
10453 sentencesI wish the rain would stop.
Я би дуже хотів, щоб дощ припинився. — deniko
ruЯ бы очень хотел, чтобы дождь перестал. — shanghainese
deIch wünschte, der Regen würde aufhören. — Wolf
The bus stopped in every village.
Автобус зупинявся в кожному селі. — deniko
ruАвтобус останавливался в каждой деревне. — sharptoothed
Let's run to the bus stop.
Побігли до автобусної зупинки. — deniko
ruДавайте побежим к автобусной остановке. — pauldhunt
deRennen wir zur Bushaltestelle. — Hans_Adler
Let's stop and take a rest.
Зупинімося та перепочиньмо. — aandrusiak
ruДавай остановимся и отдохнём. — SilverBaby
deLasst uns anhalten und eine Pause machen. — Esperantostern
The horse stopped and wouldn't move.
Кінь зупинився й не хоче йти далі. — deniko
ruЛошадь остановилась и отказывалась идти дальше. — Wezel
deDas Pferd machte Halt und wollte nicht weiter. — Dejo
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 5
By meaning 5
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”).
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Forms
stops, stopping, stopped, stoppedPhrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- stop upзакріпити, укріпитиTo fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug.
- stop offутримувати, триматиTo make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place, either same-day or overnight.
- stop overутримувати, триматиTo interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay.
- stop outTo use an acid-resistant liquid (stopout) to cover the parts of a surface that should not be bitten.
- stop inTo make a brief visit to a place while passing.
- stop downTo decrease the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a lower number to an f/stop represented by a higher number.
- stop intoTo briefly visit.
- stop byUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, by.
Synonyms
50 synonyms- come to a halt, stop moving:halt
- interrupt a trip:stop over
- stop from happening or developing:haltblockkibosh
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments:hold on
- seize on its way:intercept
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical:endfinishterminatecease
Antonyms
8 antonymsWord family
44 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Verb + -ing or verb + to — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
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