Stopes
nnoun.personbirth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)Synset:Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes Marie Stopes Stopes
Instance Hypernyms:birth-control campaigner birth-control reformer
Inherited Hypernyms:stopesbirth-control campaignerreformerdisputantpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:stopesbirth-control campaignerreformerdisputantpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.motioncome to a halt, stop movingSynset:halt stop
Examples:- the car stopped
- She stopped in front of a store window
Antonyms:start
Derivationally Related Form:haltstop
Inherited Hypernyms:stop
Direct Hyponyms:brakecheckconkdraw upgo offhaul uppull uppull up shortreinrein insettlestall
Full Troponyms:brakecheckdraw upgo offpull up shortreinsettlestall
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | These cars won't --- (apply to: halt, stop) | They --- the animals (apply to: halt, stop)
vverb.stativeput an end to a state or an activitySynset:cease discontinue give up lay off quit stop
Examples:- Quit teasing your little brother
Antonyms:continue
Derivationally Related Form:discontinuationstoppagecessationceasestopdiscontinuance
Inherited Hypernyms:discontinue
Direct Hyponyms:breakcall it a daycall it quitscheeseclose offdropknock offleave offpull the plugretireshut offsign offwithdraw
Full Troponyms:breakcall it quitscheesedropdrop outleave offnolle prospull the plugretireshut offsign off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s VERB-ing | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE (apply to: cease, stop) | They --- moving (apply to: quit, give up, cease, stop)
vverb.socialstop from happening or developingSynset:block halt kibosh stop
Examples:- Block his election
- Halt the process
Derivationally Related Form:blockagehaltstop
Hypernyms:forbid foreclose forestall preclude prevent
Inherited Hypernyms:stopprevent
Direct Hyponyms:embargostay
Full Troponyms:embargostay
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- him from writing the letter (apply to: stop, block)
vverb.motioninterrupt a tripSynset:stop stop over
Examples:- we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
- they stopped for three days in Florence
Derivationally Related Form:stop
Hypernyms:break up cut off disrupt interrupt
Inherited Hypernyms:stopinterruptbreakendchange
Direct Hyponyms:calllay overstop over
Full Troponyms:calllay over
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.motioncause to stopAntonyms:start
Derivationally Related Form:stoppagestop
Inherited Hypernyms:stop
Direct Hyponyms:arrestbrakebring upcheckcutdraw upflag downhaltholdpull upreinrein install
Causes:halt stop
Full Troponyms:brakebring upcheckcutdraw upflag downhaltpullreinskidstallstem
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.changeprevent completionSynset:break break off discontinue stop
Examples:- stop the project
- break off the negotiations
Derivationally Related Form:discontinuationstop
Hypernyms:end terminate
Inherited Hypernyms:breakendchange
Direct Hyponyms:bogbog downbreak upcut offdisruptfractureinterrupt
Full Troponyms:barrage jamblanket jambog downbreakburst in oncallchime incutcut incut shortfractureheckleinterjectinterruptjamlay overpausepoint jampunctuateput awayrestspot jamstoptake fivetake offtake ten
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.competitionhold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence ofSynset:arrest check contain hold back stop turn back
Examples:- Arrest the downward trend
- Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
- Contain the rebel movement
- Turn back the tide of communism
Derivationally Related Form:containmentstop
Hypernyms:defend
Inherited Hypernyms:checkdefendprevent
Direct Hyponyms:cut downcut out
Full Troponyms:cut down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.contactseize on its waySynset:intercept stop
Examples:- The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
Derivationally Related Form:interceptionstopinterceptor
Hypernyms:catch grab take hold of
Inherited Hypernyms:interceptcatchseizetake
Direct Hyponyms:cut offcut out
Full Troponyms:cut off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.stativehave an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphoricalSynset:cease end finish stop terminate
Examples:- the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
- Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
- My property ends by the bushes
- The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Antonyms:begin
Derivationally Related Form:finishterminativeendterminus
Inherited Hypernyms:end
Direct Hyponyms:adjournbreakbreak upclimaxclosecome outconcludeculminatecut outdisappeardiscontinuegogo awaygo outlapsepass awayrecessrun lowrun outrun shortturn outvanish
Full Troponyms:adjournbob underbreakclearconcludecrownculminatecut outdematerializediscontinueeventuatego outlapseleave offpass awayrun lowrun outtaper offturn outvanishwork out
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.contactrender unsuitable for passageSynset:bar barricade block block off block up blockade stop
Examples:- block the way
- barricade the streets
- stop the busy road
Derivationally Related Form:stopperblockagebarblockingblockadestopbarricade
Hypernyms:block close up impede jam obstruct obturate occlude
Inherited Hypernyms:barricadeobstructimpedeprevent
Direct Hyponyms:block offcloseclose offshut off
Full Troponyms:closeshut off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changestop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developmentsSynset:hold on stop
Derivationally Related Form:stoppagestop
Hypernyms:break interrupt
Inherited Hypernyms:hold oninterruptendchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s