DICTOMETER

STOPPING

(stop, stopping, apeadero, atascar, estacionamiento, parada, parar, pararse, pare, avbrytelse, bardun, hinder, opphør, stag, stans, stanse, stopp, stoppe, stoppe opp, stoppested)

1. Synonyms:
   • Fillet
   • Stopping
   Definitions:
   • fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Stopping
   Definitions:
   • the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch
   Examples:
   • The violinist's stopping was excellent
   
   

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!