> as lemmas

to stop short

d. Fencing, Pugilism, etc. To check (an adversary, his stroke, weapon, etc.) with a counter movement or stroke; to counter (a blow, a manœuvre in wrestling, etc.). Also to stop short.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fight a person [verb (transitive)] > check adversary

stop1713

1713 T. Parkyns Inn-play 9 [Wrestling.] Then go to the Flying Mare, and if he stops that, give him your Elbow under his Chin.

1765 D. Angelo School of Fencing (ed. 2) 26 You may stop his blade short, by keeping your wrist [etc.].

1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 82 Make a stamp with your foot, and thrust forward at me; thus you stop me.

1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 83 Then finish in a Quarte-over-the-arm in like manner with a Stop. Thus you stop in Low Quarte.

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 214 Stop a blow, (ring), to prevent its alighting on the part intended by means of the guard, or position of defence, i.e. the fore-arm or elbow.

1840 D. Walker Defensive Exercises 14 [Wrestling.] It is sometimes possible to stop the hipe by clapping the knees instantly together.

1840 D. Walker Defensive Exercises 67 [Single-stick.] The usual blow at the head... To stop this, raise the hand a little.

1889 A. Hutton Cold Steel 34 The vertical cut 7, if given at the head, should be stopped by the Head parry.

absolute.1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iv. 32 His adversary..stopped and countered as coolly as if he had only the gloves on.1867 A. L. Gordon Sea Spray 30 Don't stop with your head too frequently (This advice ain't meant for a nigger).

extracted from stopv.

to stop short

a. To cause (a person) to desist from or pause in a course of action or conduct. Const. from, in, †of; also with gerund as second object. Also to stop short, to check abruptly.Originally a figurative use of sense 15, often with reference to a metaphorical way or course.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to desist

ceasec1320

stint1338

stop1393

apausea1555

to knock off1651

surcease1791

to draw up1861

the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > stop course or flow of something

stinta1330

stop1393

intercept1545

blench1602

hain1636

screen1657

to break off1791

to turn off1822

to break one's fall1849

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > suddenly or abruptly (an action or person)

break1330

to break offc1340

to take up1530

to cut off1576

stunt1603

to cut up short1607

to cut short1611

pawl1797

to sew up1837

to stop short1837

burst1842

to pull up1861

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. v. 150 Mede..on men of lawe gan wynke, in sygne þat þei sholde, with som sotel speche Re~herce þo a-non ryght, þat myghte reson stoppe.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. G.iii^v It is a stray out of the way in which he would haue profited, had he not bene stopped in it.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. H4^v My L. it lyes not in Lorenzos power, To stop the vulgar liberall of their tongues.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. xi. 10 No man shall stop mee [margin., Gr. this boasting shal not be stopped in me.] of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 319 What can be done to stop him from running headlong on ruin?

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. iii. 237 Your National Assembly, stopped short in its Constitutional labours, may, [etc.].

1917 N.E.D. at Stop Mod. I wish you would stop him circulating those rumours.

extracted from stopv.

to stop short

b. To cause (a person) to break off in narrative or speech. Const. from, in. Also to stop short.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking > cause to break off

stop1542

1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Opprimere orationem alicuius, to stoppe one in his tale.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 198 I cannot speake enough of this content, It stops me heere.

?1697 J. Lewis Mem. Duke of Glocester (1789) 23 But when my Lady Governess..began to tell the Duke the sad news, he stopped her.

1784 P. Wright New Bk. Martyrs 795/2 He then was stopped from saying any more.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed ii, in Tales Crusaders II. 37 The chaplain had arrived at some convenient pause in the lecture, where the Archbishop stopt him with, Satis est, mi fili.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 121 ‘Yes, my lord; but——’ Garrow stopped him short. ‘Not one word more, sir, if you please.’

extracted from stopv.

to stop short

c. To pause, stay on the or one's way (to do something). Also to stop short.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)]

restOE

pause1440

breathe1485

interpausea1535

respett1561

to take pausement1599

intermita1604

to turn down a (also the, this, etc.) leaf1633

interspire1647

suspend1650

stop1711

to hang up1845

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 129. ¶9 He stopt short at the Coach, to ask us how far the Judges were behind us.

1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders III. 225 The Baron, however, was a little later of entering the tent.., stopping, perchance, to issue some orders.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxvii. 406 You've been stopping to over all the posts in Bristol, you idle young scamp!

1873 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera III. xxx. 10 It seemed to him that everybody stopped as they passed, to look at his cart.

extracted from stopv.

to stop short

a. To leave off doing what one is actually engaged in for the moment. Const. from. Also to stop short, to leave off abruptly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > cease what one is actually doing

steek1563

stop1597

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > stop short in some activity

to break offc1340

persist1563

check1635

to stop short1727

to pull in1780

jib1812

stall1923

the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop > suddenly

to stop short1727

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. ii. 46 Hath he so long held out with me vntirde And stops he nowe for breath?

1727 A. Pope Macer 134 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. There he stopt short, nor since has writ a tittle.

1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 12 Mar. (1939) 131 I was interrupt by a slumbrous feeling which made me obliged to stop once or twice.

1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Choephori (ed. 2) 904 (note) The transcriber having begun to copy the next verse, and stopping short on discovering his error.

1885 W. W. Story Fiammetta ii. 32 The groups of reapers that stopped from their work to gaze at the passing train.

1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 74 And here, he said, I must stop, let Baithene write the rest.

extracted from stopv.

to stop short

b. To pause in speech or narrative; to break off in the middle of a sentence. Also to stop short, to pause abruptly. †Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > stop speaking

to make up one's mouthc1175

to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175

blina1300

dumba1300

leavea1375

to put a sock in ita1529

hush1548

silence1551

stay1551

stow1567

stop1579

to save one's breath (also wind)1605

tace1697

stubble it!1699

shut your trap!1796

to keep a calm (or quiet) sough1808

stubble your whids!1830

to shut up1840

to dry up1853

pawl1867

subside1872

to pipe down1876

to shut (one's) head, face1876

shurrup1893

to shut off1896

clam1916

dry1934

shtum1958

to oyster up1973

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Brief Descr. sig. ☛ iiij^v Yea quoth Vitels..the same mynde must be in you which was in Christ, and there he stopped him [i.e. did not complete the quotation].

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 86 Ben: Stop there. Me: Why thou wouldst haue me stopp my tale against the haire.

1738 A. Pope 7th Epist. 1st Bk. Horace in Wks. II. ii. 84 ‘Harley, the Nation's great Support,’—But you may read it, I stop short.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 209 He had just recollection sufficient to stop short in the midst of the dangerous sentence.

a1861 E. B. Browning Last Poems (1862) 85 Now what has the messenger brought her,..To make her stop short in her singing?

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret III. i. 36 ‘There's Luke, too tipsy to help himself,..there's Mr. Audley asleep—.’ Phœbe Marks stopped suddenly at the mention of Robert's name.

extracted from stopv.

to stop short

a. To leave off, stay, desist (in a course of action or a pursuit, or from one's customary action or employment). Const. from, to with infinitive. Also to stop short.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]

i-swikec893

swikec897

atwindc1000

linOE

studegieOE

stintc1175

letc1200

stuttea1225

leavec1225

astint1250

doc1300

finec1300

blina1325

cease1330

stable1377

resta1382

ho1390

to say or cry ho1390

resta1398

astartc1400

discontinuec1425

surcease1428

to let offc1450

resista1475

finish1490

to lay a straw?a1505

to give over1526

succease1551

to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556

end1557

to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560

stick1574

stay1576

to draw bridle1577

to draw rein1577

to set down one's rest1589

overgive1592

absist1614

subsista1639

beholdc1650

unbridle1653

to knock offa1657

acquiesce1659

to set (up) one's rest1663

sista1676

stop1689

to draw rein1725

subside1734

remit1765

to let up1787

to wind (up) one's pirna1835

to cry crack1888

to shut off1896

to pack in1906

to close down1921

to pack up1925

to sign off1929

1689 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 61/2 Letters..ordering the Judges to stoppe and desist sine die to determine causes depending before them.

1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (ed. 2) ii. i. 150 Every event has a cause, and in tracing up causes we must stop at length at a great first cause.

1901 W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. Mother to Elizabeth xxi. 99 Lady Beatrice, who really at her age ought to stop, got a blow on her forehead [at hockey].

extracted from stopv.

to stop short

b. Of a material thing: To come to an end (in space). to stop short, to end abruptly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > end or terminate

comea1398

end1611

stop1887

1887 S. O. Ridley in Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. XX. 204 Every alternate fascicle of the main skeleton stops short a little way below the surface.

1915 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 338/1 Alleys, each of which stopped with a dead end.

extracted from stopv.

as lemmas

单词	to stop short
释义	> as lemmas to stop short d. Fencing, Pugilism, etc. To check (an adversary, his stroke, weapon, etc.) with a counter movement or stroke; to counter (a blow, a manœuvre in wrestling, etc.). Also to stop short. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fight a person [verb (transitive)] > check adversary stop1713 1713 T. Parkyns Inn-play 9 [Wrestling.] Then go to the Flying Mare, and if he stops that, give him your Elbow under his Chin. 1765 D. Angelo School of Fencing (ed. 2) 26 You may stop his blade short, by keeping your wrist [etc.]. 1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 82 Make a stamp with your foot, and thrust forward at me; thus you stop me. 1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 83 Then finish in a Quarte-over-the-arm in like manner with a Stop. Thus you stop in Low Quarte. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 214 Stop a blow, (ring), to prevent its alighting on the part intended by means of the guard, or position of defence, i.e. the fore-arm or elbow. 1840 D. Walker Defensive Exercises 14 [Wrestling.] It is sometimes possible to stop the hipe by clapping the knees instantly together. 1840 D. Walker Defensive Exercises 67 [Single-stick.] The usual blow at the head... To stop this, raise the hand a little. 1889 A. Hutton Cold Steel 34 The vertical cut 7, if given at the head, should be stopped by the Head parry. absolute.1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iv. 32 His adversary..stopped and countered as coolly as if he had only the gloves on.1867 A. L. Gordon Sea Spray 30 Don't stop with your head too frequently (This advice ain't meant for a nigger). extracted from stopv. to stop short a. To cause (a person) to desist from or pause in a course of action or conduct. Const. from, in, †of; also with gerund as second object. Also to stop short, to check abruptly.Originally a figurative use of sense 15, often with reference to a metaphorical way or course. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to desist ceasec1320 stint1338 stop1393 apausea1555 to knock off1651 surcease1791 to draw up1861 the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > stop course or flow of something stinta1330 stop1393 intercept1545 blench1602 hain1636 screen1657 to break off1791 to turn off1822 to break one's fall1849 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > suddenly or abruptly (an action or person) break1330 to break offc1340 to take up1530 to cut off1576 stunt1603 to cut up short1607 to cut short1611 pawl1797 to sew up1837 to stop short1837 burst1842 to pull up1861 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. v. 150 Mede..on men of lawe gan wynke, in sygne þat þei sholde, with som sotel speche Re~herce þo a-non ryght, þat myghte reson stoppe. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. G.iii^v It is a stray out of the way in which he would haue profited, had he not bene stopped in it. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. H4^v My L. it lyes not in Lorenzos power, To stop the vulgar liberall of their tongues. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. xi. 10 No man shall stop mee [margin., Gr. this boasting shal not be stopped in me.] of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. View more context for this quotation 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 319 What can be done to stop him from running headlong on ruin? 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. iii. 237 Your National Assembly, stopped short in its Constitutional labours, may, [etc.]. 1917 N.E.D. at Stop Mod. I wish you would stop him circulating those rumours. extracted from stopv. to stop short b. To cause (a person) to break off in narrative or speech. Const. from, in. Also to stop short. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking > cause to break off stop1542 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Opprimere orationem alicuius, to stoppe one in his tale. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 198 I cannot speake enough of this content, It stops me heere. View more context for this quotation ?1697 J. Lewis Mem. Duke of Glocester (1789) 23 But when my Lady Governess..began to tell the Duke the sad news, he stopped her. 1784 P. Wright New Bk. Martyrs 795/2 He then was stopped from saying any more. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed ii, in Tales Crusaders II. 37 The chaplain had arrived at some convenient pause in the lecture, where the Archbishop stopt him with, Satis est, mi fili. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 121 ‘Yes, my lord; but——’ Garrow stopped him short. ‘Not one word more, sir, if you please.’ extracted from stopv. to stop short c. To pause, stay on the or one's way (to do something). Also to stop short. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] restOE pause1440 breathe1485 interpausea1535 respett1561 to take pausement1599 intermita1604 to turn down a (also the, this, etc.) leaf1633 interspire1647 suspend1650 stop1711 to hang up1845 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 129. ¶9 He stopt short at the Coach, to ask us how far the Judges were behind us. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders III. 225 The Baron, however, was a little later of entering the tent.., stopping, perchance, to issue some orders. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxvii. 406 You've been stopping to over all the posts in Bristol, you idle young scamp! 1873 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera III. xxx. 10 It seemed to him that everybody stopped as they passed, to look at his cart. extracted from stopv. to stop short a. To leave off doing what one is actually engaged in for the moment. Const. from. Also to stop short, to leave off abruptly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > cease what one is actually doing steek1563 stop1597 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > stop short in some activity to break offc1340 persist1563 check1635 to stop short1727 to pull in1780 jib1812 stall1923 the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop > suddenly to stop short1727 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. ii. 46 Hath he so long held out with me vntirde And stops he nowe for breath? View more context for this quotation 1727 A. Pope Macer 134 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. There he stopt short, nor since has writ a tittle. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 12 Mar. (1939) 131 I was interrupt by a slumbrous feeling which made me obliged to stop once or twice. 1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Choephori (ed. 2) 904 (note) The transcriber having begun to copy the next verse, and stopping short on discovering his error. 1885 W. W. Story Fiammetta ii. 32 The groups of reapers that stopped from their work to gaze at the passing train. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 74 And here, he said, I must stop, let Baithene write the rest. extracted from stopv. to stop short b. To pause in speech or narrative; to break off in the middle of a sentence. Also to stop short, to pause abruptly. †Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > stop speaking to make up one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 blina1300 dumba1300 leavea1375 to put a sock in ita1529 hush1548 silence1551 stay1551 stow1567 stop1579 to save one's breath (also wind)1605 tace1697 stubble it!1699 shut your trap!1796 to keep a calm (or quiet) sough1808 stubble your whids!1830 to shut up1840 to dry up1853 pawl1867 subside1872 to pipe down1876 to shut (one's) head, face1876 shurrup1893 to shut off1896 clam1916 dry1934 shtum1958 to oyster up1973 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Brief Descr. sig. ☛ iiij^v Yea quoth Vitels..the same mynde must be in you which was in Christ, and there he stopped him [i.e. did not complete the quotation]. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 86 Ben: Stop there. Me: Why thou wouldst haue me stopp my tale against the haire. View more context for this quotation 1738 A. Pope 7th Epist. 1st Bk. Horace in Wks. II. ii. 84 ‘Harley, the Nation's great Support,’—But you may read it, I stop short. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 209 He had just recollection sufficient to stop short in the midst of the dangerous sentence. a1861 E. B. Browning Last Poems (1862) 85 Now what has the messenger brought her,..To make her stop short in her singing? 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret III. i. 36 ‘There's Luke, too tipsy to help himself,..there's Mr. Audley asleep—.’ Phœbe Marks stopped suddenly at the mention of Robert's name. extracted from stopv. to stop short a. To leave off, stay, desist (in a course of action or a pursuit, or from one's customary action or employment). Const. from, to with infinitive. Also to stop short. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 1689 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 61/2 Letters..ordering the Judges to stoppe and desist sine die to determine causes depending before them. 1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (ed. 2) ii. i. 150 Every event has a cause, and in tracing up causes we must stop at length at a great first cause. 1901 W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. Mother to Elizabeth xxi. 99 Lady Beatrice, who really at her age ought to stop, got a blow on her forehead [at hockey]. extracted from stopv. to stop short b. Of a material thing: To come to an end (in space). to stop short, to end abruptly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > end or terminate comea1398 end1611 stop1887 1887 S. O. Ridley in Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. XX. 204 Every alternate fascicle of the main skeleton stops short a little way below the surface. 1915 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 338/1 Alleys, each of which stopped with a dead end. extracted from stopv. < as lemmas
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