Meaning of stop | Babel Free

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1. Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.
2. A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
   UK, dialectal
3. The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
4. A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
5. ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for full stop / period
6. To cease moving
7. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
8. Of, relating to, or being of use at the end of an operation or activity: a stop code.
9. Not to continue
10. To reduce (the aperture) of a lens.
11. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
12. A device intended to block the path of a moving object
13. To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing
14. To withdraw temporarily from college.
15. A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
16. To cease; to no longer continue
17. pull out all the stops, to use every means available, as to accomplish something.
18. A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
19. (an) act of stopping or state or process of being stopped. The building was at last completed after many delays and stoppages. tye van ophou تَوْقيف، إنْسِداد спиране на работа parada přerušení die Stockung arbejdsstandsning; afbrydelse στάση, διακοπήobstrucción, paro, suspensión, deducción seisak وقفه keskeytys interruption הַפסָקַת עֲבוֹדָה अवरोध, रोक zaustavljanje, sprečavanje megállítás penghentian stöðvun interruzione 停止 중단 (darbo) nutraukimas, pertrūkis apstāšanās; pārtraukums pemberhen...
20. A consonant sound in which the passage of air is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
21. an object, eg a cork, that is put into the neck of a bottle, jar, hole etc to close it. kurk سِدادَه тапа tampa zátka der Stöpsel prop πώμαtapón topp, punn درپوش sulkija bouchonפקק रोधक, अवरोधक, काग, डाट čep, zapušač dugó sumbat tappi, lok tappo 栓 마개 kamštis, kaištis aizbāznis; korķis penghenti stoppropp, kork, plugg zatyczka rolha dop пробка; затычка zátka zamašek zapušač kork, propp ฝาปิด tıkaç 塞子 корок, пробка روکنے والا nút, nút chai 塞子
    eg
22. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
23. a filling in a tooth. One of my stoppings has come out. vulsel سِدادَة السِّن пломба obturação plomba die Füllung fyldning σφράγισμαempaste plomm پرشده دندان paikka plombageסתימה भराई, भराव, रूकाव, विराम, भराव materijal za plombu, plomba tömés tambalan fylling otturazione つめ物 충전재 plomba (zoba) plomba tampalan vullingplombe, tannfylling wypełnienie chumbo plombă пломба plomba plomba plomba fyllning, plomb วัสดุอุดฟัน dolgu (補牙用)填料 зубна пломба کوءی چیز جس سے سوراخ وغیرہ بھرا جاتا ہے chất trám ...
24. A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
25. a tap and valve for controlling flow of liquid through a pipe. kraan مِحْبَس الماء، أو أي سائِل спирателен кран torneira de passagem kohoutek der Absperrhahn stophane στρόφιγγα llave de paso sulgemiskraan شير كنترل sulkuhana robinet d'arrêt בֶּרֶז מַפסִיק रोधनी pipac, slavina elzárócsap kran krani, loki, ventill (rubinetto d'arresto) コックの栓 (밸브 등의) 콕 마개 čiaupas aizgriežamais krāns pili penutup kraanstoppekrankurek torneira de passagem robinet de închi­dere запорный кран kohútik; čap pipa slavi...
26. One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
27. a person or thing that fills a gap in an emergency. He was made headmaster as a stopgap till a new man could be appointed; (also adjective) stopgap arrangements. noodgeval بَديل مُؤَقَّت لِسَد الفَراغ временен заместник de improviso zatímní náhrada die Überbrückung, Überbrückungs-... midlertidig et eller andet προσωρινή λύση σε κατάσταση ανάγκης sustituto asetäitja, ajutine جانشين موقت vara- bouche-trou; intérimaire מְמַלֵא מָקוֹם זְמַנִי काम चलाऊ प्रबन्धअन्त:कालीन स्थानापन्न zakrpa, privreme...
    also adjective
28. A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
29. a watch with a hand that can be stopped and started, used in timing a race etc. stophorlosie ساعَة وَقْف секундомер cronômetro stopky die Stoppuhr stopur χρονόμετροcronómetro stopper زمان سنج sekuntikello chronomètre שְׁעוֹן עֶצֶר विराम घड़ी štoperica (sat) stopper(óra) stopwatch skeiðklukka cronometro ストップウォッチ 스톱워치 sekundometras hronometrs jam randik chronometerstoppeklokkestopercronómetro cronometru секундомер stopky stoparica štoperica stoppur, tidtagarur นาฬิกาจับเวลา kronometre 碼錶 секунд...
    etc
30. A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
31. The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
32. A marking on a rabbit's hind foot.
33. A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
34. A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
35. An f-stop.
36. The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
37. A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
38. Ellipsis of full stop.
    UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“They agreed to meet at the bus stop.”

“That stop was not planned.”

“It is […] doubtful […] whether it contributed anything to the stop of the infection.”

“Occult qualities put a stop to the improvement of natural philosophy.”

“It is a great step toward the mastery of our desires to give this stop to them.”

“A fatal stop trauerst their headlong course”

“So melancholy a prospect should inspire us with zeal to oppose some stop to the rising torrent.”

“door stop”

“The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.”

“The Foxes were indebted to two crucial saves from keeper Kasper Schmeichel, who turned former Leicester defender Ben Chilwell's header on to a post then produced an even better stop to turn Mason Mount's powerful shot wide.”

“The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.”

“The American Rabbit Breeders Association holds that the stops of a Dutch rabbit should be white from the toes to one third of the way along the foot.”

“For neutralino masses below approximately 700 GeV, gluino masses of less than 1.78 TeV and 1.76 TeV are excluded at the 95% CL in simplified models of the pair production of gluinos decaying via sbottom and stop, respectively.”

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