stop

intransitive verb

1. to cease moving, walking, proceeding, etc.; halt
2. to leave off doing something; desist from continuing
3. to cease operating or functioning
4. to be able to go no further; come to an end
5. to become clogged or choked
6. to tarry or stay for a while, esp. as a transient or guest: often with at or in

noun

1. a stopping or being stopped; check; arrest; cessation; halt; specif., a pause in speech or at the end of a sense unit in verse
2. a coming to an end; finish; end
3. a stay or sojourn
4. a place stopped at, as on a bus route
5. an indentation in the face of an animal, esp. a dog, between the forehead and the nose or muzzle
6. something that stops; obstruction; obstacle; specif.,
   1. a plug or stopper
   2. stop order
   3. an order to withhold payment on a check
   4. a mechanical part that stops, limits, or regulates motion, as a pawl
   5. Chiefly Brit. a punctuation mark, esp. a period
7. 1. pressure, as of a finger, on a string of a violin, etc. to produce a desired tone
   2. a fret on a guitar, etc.
8. 1. the closing of a finger hole of a wind instrument to produce a desired tone
   2. such a hole
9. 1. a tuned set of organ pipes, reeds, or electronic devices of the same specific type and tone quality
   2. a pull, lever, or key for putting such a set or sets into or out of operation
10. Naut. a piece of line used to secure something
11. Phonet.
    1. the complete stopping of the outgoing breath, as with the lips, tongue, or velum
    2. a consonant formed in this way, as (p), (b), (t), (d), (k), and (g)
12. Photog.
    1. the aperture, usually adjustable, of a lens
    2. the f-number

adjective