vverb.motioncause to stopSynset:arrest halt hold
Examples:- Halt the engines
- Arrest the progress
- halt the presses
Derivationally Related Form:holdhaltarrester
Hypernyms:stop
Inherited Hypernyms:haltstop
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | They --- the animals (apply to: hold, halt)
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.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.changestop the flow of a liquidSynset:halt stanch staunch stem
Examples:- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
Derivationally Related Form:halt
Hypernyms:check
Inherited Hypernyms:stemcheckstop
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.alldisabled in the feet or legsSynset:crippled game gimpy halt lame
Examples:- a crippled soldier
- a game leg
Antonyms:fit
Derivationally Related Form:gamenessgimpinesslameness
Inherited Hypernyms:crippled
Similar to:unfit
adj satadj.allfragmentary or halting from emotional strainExamples:- uttered a few halting words of sorrow
Antonyms:unbroken
Inherited Hypernyms:halting
Similar to:broken