Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: full_stop, stop, stop_consonant, stop_over, stopover, stoppage

'stop'

[stop.n.01] as in: the event of something ending

Examples:
it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill

'stop'

[stop.n.02] as in: the act of stopping something

Examples:
the third baseman made some remarkable stops
his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood

'stop'

[stop.n.03] as in: a brief stay in the course of a journey

Examples:
they made a stopover to visit their friends

'stop'

[arrest.n.02] as in: the state of inactivity following an interruption

Examples:
the negotiations were in arrest
held them in check
during the halt he got some lunch
the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
he spent the entire stop in his seat

'stop'

[stop.n.05] as in: a spot where something halts or pauses

Examples:
his next stop is Atlanta

'stop'

[stop_consonant.n.01] as in: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

Examples:
his stop consonants are too aspirated

'stop'

[period.n.07] as in: a punctuation mark (.)

placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

Examples:
in England they call a period a stop

'stop'

[stop.n.08] as in: (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

Examples:
the organist pulled out all the stops

'stop'

[diaphragm.n.01] as in: a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

Examples:
the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically

'stop'

[catch.n.06] as in: a restraint that checks the motion of something

Examples:
he used a book as a stop to hold the door open

'stop'

[blockage.n.02] as in: an obstruction in a pipe or tube

Examples:
we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe

'stop'

[stop.v.01] as in: come to a halt, stop moving

Examples:
the car stopped
She stopped in front of a store window

'stop'

[discontinue.v.01] as in: put an end to a state or an activity

Examples:
Quit teasing your little brother

'stop'

[stop.v.03] as in: stop from happening or developing

Examples:
Block his election
Halt the process

'stop'

[stop.v.04] as in: interrupt a trip

Examples:
we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
they stopped for three days in Florence

'stop'

[stop.v.05] as in: cause to stop

Examples:
stop a car
stop the thief

'stop'

[break.v.10] as in: prevent completion

Examples:
stop the project
break off the negotiations

'stop'

[check.v.18] as in: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

Examples:
Arrest the downward trend
Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
Contain the rebel movement
Turn back the tide of communism

'stop'

[intercept.v.01] as in: seize on its way

Examples:
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace

'stop'

[end.v.01] as in: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Examples:
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
My property ends by the bushes
The symphony ends in a pianissimo

'stop'

[barricade.v.01] as in: render unsuitable for passage

Examples:
block the way
barricade the streets
stop the busy road

'stop'

[hold_on.v.02] as in: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

Examples:
Hold on a moment!

Origins

					stop (English)
├── stoppe (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   └── stoppa (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── stoppen (Middle English (1100-1500))