stop
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the event of something ending
it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
Types & categories
- conclusion hypernym
- cessation hyponym
- standstill hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
come to a halt, stop moving
the car stopped
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of stopping something
the third baseman made some remarkable stops
Types & categories
- human action hypernym
- standdown hyponym
- hemostasis hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
put an end to a state or an activity
Quit teasing your little brother
Types & categories
- knock off hyponym
- leave off hyponym
- sign off hyponym
- retire hyponym
- pull the plug hyponym
- shut off hyponym
- cheese hyponym
- call it quits hyponym
- break hyponym
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Sense 5 noun
a brief stay in the course of a journey
they made a stopover to visit their friends
Types & categories
- stay hypernym
- night-stop hyponym
- pit stop hyponym
- pit stop hyponym
- stand hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
stop from happening or developing
Block his election
Types & categories
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Sense 7 noun
the state of inactivity following an interruption
the negotiations were in arrest
Types & categories
- inactivity hypernym
- countercheck hyponym
- logjam hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
interrupt a trip
we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
Types & categories
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Sense 9 noun
a spot where something halts or pauses
his next stop is Atlanta
Types & categories
- spot hypernym
- bus stop hyponym
- checkpoint hyponym
- loading zone hyponym
- stopover hyponym
Related & opposite
- stop over derivation
Sense 10 verb
cause to stop
stop a car
Types & categories
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Sense 11 noun
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
his stop consonants are too aspirated
Types & categories
- obstruent hypernym
- labial stop hyponym
- glottal stop hyponym
- suction stop hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- continuant consonant antonym
- occlusive derivation
Sense 12 verb
prevent completion
stop the project
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- discontinuance derivation
- stop derivation
Sense 13 noun
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
in England they call a period a stop
Types & categories
- punctuation mark hypernym
- suspension point hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 14 verb
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Arrest the downward trend
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- containment derivation
- catch derivation
- containment derivation
Sense 15 noun
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
the organist pulled out all the stops
Types & categories
- knob hypernym
Parts & wholes
- pipe organ part holonym
Related & opposite
- music domain topic
Sense 16 verb
seize on its way
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- interception derivation
- catch derivation
- interceptor derivation
Sense 17 noun
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
Types & categories
- mechanical device hypernym
- iris diaphragm hyponym
Parts & wholes
- camera part holonym
Sense 18 verb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- begin antonym
- finishing derivation
- end derivation
- close derivation
- conclusion derivation
- final stage derivation
- end derivation
- end derivation
- terminus derivation
- end derivation
- destruction derivation
- end derivation
- close derivation
- terminative derivation
Sense 19 noun
a restraint that checks the motion of something
he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
Types & categories
- constraint hypernym
- bench hook hyponym
- doorstop hyponym
- pawl hyponym
- tripper hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 20 verb
render unsuitable for passage
block the way
Types & categories
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Sense 21 noun
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
Types & categories
- obstruction hypernym
- breechblock hyponym
- plug hyponym
- vapor lock hyponym
Related & opposite
- choke up derivation
Sense 22 verb
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Hold on a moment!
Types & categories
- break hypernym
Related & opposite
- halt derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stanch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | halt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kibosh |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cease |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | conclusion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cessation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | standstill |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | get going |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | freeze |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | halt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | go off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull up short |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | check |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | check |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | check |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rein in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stall |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brake |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | settle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | break off |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | kibosh |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cease |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | human action |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | standdown |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hemostasis |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | preserve |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | discontinuance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | layover |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cessation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cease |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | leave off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull the plug |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shut off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheese |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | call it quits |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop over |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lay over |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cease |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | stay |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | night-stop |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pit stop |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pit stop |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | freeze |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | blockage |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | foreclose |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | embargo |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | stay |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | check |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hold on |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | halt |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | check |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | inactivity |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | countercheck |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | logjam |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | layover |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | interrupt |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | lay over |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop over |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | spot |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | bus stop |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | checkpoint |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | loading zone |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | stopover |
| 10 | antonym | Related & opposite | start up |
| 10 | causes | Related & opposite | stop |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | check |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | rein |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | halt |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring up |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | flag down |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | stall |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | stall |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw up |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | brake |
| 11 | antonym | Related & opposite | continuant consonant |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | occlusive |
| 11 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | implosion |
| 11 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | plosion |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | obstruent |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | labial stop |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | glottal stop |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | suction stop |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | discontinuance |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | terminate |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | fracture |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | bog down |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | interrupt |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | point |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | point |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | point |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | punctuation mark |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspension point |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | containment |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | containment |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | defend |
| 14 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut down |
| 15 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 15 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | pipe organ |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | knob |
| 16 | derivation | Related & opposite | interception |
| 16 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch |
| 16 | derivation | Related & opposite | interceptor |
| 16 | hypernym | Types & categories | grab |
| 16 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut out |
| 17 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | camera |
| 17 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanical device |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | iris diaphragm |
| 18 | antonym | Related & opposite | begin |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | finishing |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | conclusion |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | final stage |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminus |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | destruction |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminative |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | pass away |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | lapse |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut out |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | go out |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjourn |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | disappear |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | climax |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | run out |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | run low |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | vanish |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | conclude |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn out |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | discontinue |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 19 | derivation | Related & opposite | hold back |
| 19 | derivation | Related & opposite | intercept |
| 19 | derivation | Related & opposite | block |
| 19 | hypernym | Types & categories | constraint |
| 19 | hyponym | Types & categories | bench hook |
| 19 | hyponym | Types & categories | doorstop |
| 19 | hyponym | Types & categories | pawl |
| 19 | hyponym | Types & categories | tripper |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | blocking |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | blockage |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | bar |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricade |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | blockade |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | plug |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricade |
| 20 | verb group | Related & opposite | obstruct |
| 20 | hypernym | Types & categories | obturate |
| 20 | hyponym | Types & categories | block off |
| 20 | hyponym | Types & categories | close |
| 21 | derivation | Related & opposite | choke up |
| 21 | hypernym | Types & categories | obstruction |
| 21 | hyponym | Types & categories | breechblock |
| 21 | hyponym | Types & categories | plug |
| 21 | hyponym | Types & categories | vapor lock |
| 22 | derivation | Related & opposite | halt |
| 22 | hypernym | Types & categories | break |