Meaning

16 senses
  1. (intransitive)To cease moving.

    I stopped at the traffic lights.

    anhalten, stehen bleiben, stoppen

    остана́вливатьсяostanávlivatʹsja, останови́тьсяostanovítʹsja

    зупиня́тисяzupynjátysja, зупини́тисяzupynýtysja

    come to a halt, stop moving

  2. (intransitive)Not to continue.

    The riots stopped when police moved in.

    Soon the rain will stop.

  3. (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

  4. (transitive)To cease; to no longer continue.

    One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.

    aufhören

    перестава́тьperestavátʹ, переста́тьperestátʹ, прекраща́тьсяprekraščátʹsja

    перестава́тиperestaváty, переста́тиperestáty, припиня́тисяprypynjátysja

  5. (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

  6. (causative, transitive)To interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something.

    Don't let me stop you working.

    interrupt a trip

  7. (transitive)To close or block an opening.

    He stopped the wound with gauze.

    Rotten leaves and branches have stopped the gutter.

    stopfen

    затыка́тьzatykátʹ, заткну́тьzatknútʹ

  8. (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.

  9. (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

  10. To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.

  11. To make fast; to stopper.

  12. (transitive)To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.

    th-stopping

    stop from happening or developing

Examples

10453 sentences
  1. I 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

  2. The bus stopped in every village.

    Автобус зупинявся в кожному селі. — deniko

    ruАвтобус останавливался в каждой деревне. — sharptoothed

  3. Let's run to the bus stop.

    Побігли до автобусної зупинки. — deniko

    ruДавайте побежим к автобусной остановке. — pauldhunt

    deRennen wir zur Bushaltestelle. — Hans_Adler

  4. Let's stop and take a rest.

    Зупинімося та перепочиньмо. — aandrusiak

    ruДавай остановимся и отдохнём. — SilverBaby

    deLasst uns anhalten und eine Pause machen. — Esperantostern

  5. 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 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
to cease moving:
to cause to cease moving — see also detain:
not to continue — see also cease, desist:
to cause to come to an end — see also discontinue:
Русский
By meaning 5
to cease moving:
to cause to cease moving — see also detain:
not to continue — see also cease, desist:
to cause to come to an end — see also discontinue:
to close an opening:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to cease moving:
to cause to cease moving — see also detain:
not to continue — see also cease, desist:
to cause to come to an end — see also discontinue:
to close an opening:

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”).

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Forms

stops, stopping, stopped, stopped
Base formstop · to stop
3rd person singularstops
Present participlestopping
Past simplestopped
Past participlestopped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystop
he, she, itstops

Past simpleLesson

all personsstopped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stopped
he, she, ithas stopped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stop

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

50 synonyms
to cease moving:brakeB2
to reside temporarily:lodgeC1
to cause to cease moving:arrestB1
not to continue:blin
to tarry:hang about
Close in meaning

Antonyms

8 antonyms

Word family

44 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