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Synonymer till stops

substantiv

  1. (the event of something ending) stop; halt; stops
  2. (the act of stopping something) stop; stoppage; stops
  3. (a brief stay in the course of a journey) stop; stopover; layover; stops
  4. (the state of inactivity following an interruption) arrest; check; halt; hitch; stay; stop; stoppage; stops
  5. (a spot where something halts or pauses) stop; stops
  6. (a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it) stop consonant; stop; occlusive; plosive consonant; plosive speech sound; plosive; stops
  7. (a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations) period; point; full stop; stop; full point; stops
  8. ((music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes) stop; stops
  9. (a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens) diaphragm; stop; stops
  10. (a restraint that checks the motion of something) catch; stop; stops
  11. (an obstruction in a pipe or tube) blockage; block; closure; occlusion; stop; stoppage; stops
  12. (a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; t) Michigan; Chicago; Newmarket; boodle; stops

verb

  1. (come to a halt, stop moving) stop; halt; stops
  2. (put an end to a state or an activity) discontinue; stop; cease; give up; quit; lay off; stops
  3. (stop from happening or developing) stop; halt; block; kibosh; stops
  4. (interrupt a trip) stop; stop over; stops
  5. (cause to stop) stop; stops
  6. (prevent completion) break; break off; discontinue; stop; stops
  7. (hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of) check; turn back; arrest; stop; contain; hold back; stops
  8. (seize on its way) intercept; stop; stops
  9. (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical) end; stop; finish; terminate; cease; stops
  10. (render unsuitable for passage) barricade; block; blockade; stop; block off; block up; bar; stops
  11. (stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments) hold on; stop; stops