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Stop
/stɒp/
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
📖 Definitions of "Stop"
- 1
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
"They agreed to meet at the bus stop."
- 2
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
"That stop was not planned."
- 3
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- 4
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
"door stop"
- 1
To cease moving.
"I stopped at the traffic lights."
- 2
To not continue.
"Soon the rain will stop."
- 3
To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
"The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks."
- 4
To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
"One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting."
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