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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"

noun
  1. 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. 2

    An action of stopping; interruption of travel.

    "That stop was not planned."

  3. 3

    That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.

  4. 4

    A device intended to block the path of a moving object

    "door stop"

verb
  1. 1

    To cease moving.

    "I stopped at the traffic lights."

  2. 2

    To not continue.

    "Soon the rain will stop."

  3. 3

    To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

    "The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks."

  4. 4

    To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).

    "One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting."

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