stops

Pronunciation: US [stɑp] UK [stɒp]

n.Stop; stop; stop; stop
v.Stop; stop; stop stop
WebStop; stop; plosive

Synonyms

Antonyms

break break off break up can cease cut off cut out desist (from) discontinue drop end give over halt knock off lay off leave off pack (up in quit shut off

Definitions in English

to prevent someone from doing something, or to prevent something from happening; to prevent a payment from being made

to no longer do something; if something stops, it does not continue

to no longer move; to ask someone to stop walking or driving so that you can talk to them; if a bus or train stops somewhere, it stops moving in order to let passengers on or off; to pause while you are moving or doing something so that you can do something else

to no longer work, or to cause something to no longer work

to stay at someone’ s house for a short time

to block something such as a pipe or hole so that water or another substance cannot go through it

a place where you stop on a trip; a period when you stop on a trip; a place where a bus or train stops for passengers to get on or off

one of the parts on an organ that you push or pull in order to control the level of sound

a consonant sound produced by stopping and then starting the flow of air through your mouth

Other Forms

adj.stoppable

pt.stopped

pp.stopped

ppr.stopping

3sg.stops

Example Sentences

If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!
Source: Thackeray
The..carriage stopping the way.
Source: Society

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Rearrange English Word: stops
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Based on stops, new words formed by adding one letter at the beginning or end
e - opsst
i - pestos
m - posset
o - ptoses
r - stopes
u - posits
w - ptosis
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English words starting with stops :
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English words that contain stops :
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English words ending with stops :
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