DICTOMETER

HOLDEPLASS (Norwegian for "stop")

(stop, parada, apeadero)

1. Synonyms:
   • Stop
   • Halt
   Definitions:
   • the event of something ending
   Examples:
   • It came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Stop
   • Stoppage
   Definitions:
   • the act of stopping something
   Examples:
   • The third baseman made some remarkable stops
   • His stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Stop
   • Stopover
   • Layover
   Definitions:
   • a brief stay in the course of a journey
   Examples:
   • They made a stopover to visit their friends
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Arrest
   • Check
   • Halt
   • Hitch
   • Stay
   • Stop
   • Stoppage
   Definitions:
   • the state of inactivity following an interruption
   Examples:
   • The negotiations were in arrest
   • Held them in check
   • During the halt he got some lunch
   • The momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
   • He spent the entire stop in his seat
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Stop
   Definitions:
   • a spot where something halts or pauses
   Examples:
   • His next stop is Atlanta
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Stop consonant
   • Stop
   • Occlusive
   • Plosive consonant
   • Plosive speech sound
   • Plosive
   Definitions:
   • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
   Examples:
   • His stop consonants are too aspirated
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Period
   • Point
   • Full stop
   • Stop
   • Full point
   Definitions:
   • a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
   Examples:
   • In England they call a period a stop
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Stop
   Definitions:
   • (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
   Examples:
   • The organist pulled out all the stops
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Diaphragm
   • Stop
   Definitions:
   • a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
   Examples:
   • The new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Catch
    • Stop
    Definitions:
    • a restraint that checks the motion of something
    Examples:
    • He used a book as a stop to hold the door open
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Blockage
    • Block
    • Closure
    • Occlusion
    • Stop
    • Stoppage
    Definitions:
    • an obstruction in a pipe or tube
    Examples:
    • We had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Stop
   • Halt
   Definitions:
   • come to a halt, stop moving
   Examples:
   • The car stopped
   • She stopped in front of a store window
   Antonyms:
   start, go, get going
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Discontinue
   • Stop
   • Cease
   • Give up
   • Quit
   • Lay off
   Definitions:
   • put an end to a state or an activity
   Examples:
   • Quit teasing your little brother
   Antonyms:
   start, start up
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Stop
   • Halt
   • Block
   • Kibosh
   Definitions:
   • stop from happening or developing
   Examples:
   • Block his election
   • Halt the process
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Stop
   • Stop over
   Definitions:
   • interrupt a trip
   Examples:
   • We stopped at Aunt Mary's house
   • They stopped for three days in Florence
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Stop
   Definitions:
   • cause to stop
   Examples:
   • Stop a car
   • Stop the thief
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Break
   • Break off
   • Discontinue
   • Stop
   Definitions:
   • prevent completion
   Examples:
   • Stop the project
   • Break off the negotiations
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Check
   • Turn back
   • Arrest
   • Stop
   • Contain
   • Hold back
   Definitions:
   • hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
   • check the expansion or influence of
   Examples:
   • Arrest the downward trend
   • Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
   • Contain the rebel movement
   • Turn back the tide of communism
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Intercept
   • Stop
   Definitions:
   • seize on its way
   Examples:
   • The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • End
   • Stop
   • Finish
   • Terminate
   • Cease
   Definitions:
   • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
   • either spatial or metaphorical
   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
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Barricade
    • Block
    • Blockade
    • Stop
    • Block off
    • Block up
    • Bar
    Definitions:
    • render unsuitable for passage
    Examples:
    • Block the way
    • Barricade the streets
    • Stop the busy road
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Hold on
    • Stop
    Definitions:
    • stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
    Examples:
    • Hold on a moment!