1. Cause to stop
   "Halt the engines"; "halt the presses"
   - hold, arrest 
2. Come to a halt, stop moving
   - stop 
3. Stop from happening or developing
   "Halt the process"
   - stop, block, kibosh 
4. Stop the flow of a liquid
   - stem, stanch [N. Amer], staunch

1. The state of inactivity following an interruption
   "during the halt he got some lunch"
   - arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage 
2. The event of something ending
   - stop 
3. An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
   "a halt in the arms race"
   - freeze 
4. [Brit] A minor railway stop

1. Disabled in the feet or legs
   - crippled, halting, lame, gimpy [N. Amer], game

Derived forms: halts, halting, halted

See also: unfit

Type of: check, conclusion, ending, finish, forbid, foreclose, forestall, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, pause, preclude, prevent, stop

Encyclopedia: Halt

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