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stop

verb
  1. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container: block, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, fill, plug. See full
  2. To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt 1, leave off, quit, stall 1, surcease. Idiom: come to a halt (or standstill) (or stop). See continue
  3. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt 1, stall 1, stay 1, surcease. Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to. See continue
  4. To cause to cease regular activity: idle, immobilize, tie up. Idiom: bring to a screeching halt. See continue
  5. To cease trying to accomplish or continue: abandon, break off, desist, discontinue, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, remit. Informal: swear off. Slang: lay off. Idioms: call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel. See continue
  6. To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example): break, cut out, give up, leave off. Slang: kick. See continue
  7. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize. By or in: call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, visit. Idiom: pay a visit. See seek
noun
  1. The act of stopping: cessation, check, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt 1, stay 1, stoppage, surcease. See continue
  2. The condition of being stopped: cessation, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt 1, standstill, stoppage, surcease. See continue
  3. A concluding or terminating: cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up. See continue
  4. Something that impedes or prevents entry or passage: bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, clog, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, traverse, wall. See help, open
  5. Something used to fill a hole, space, or container: choke, cork, fill, plug, stopper. See full
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