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Definition of stop : 1. A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles.
2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; " 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"

Synonyms:

return, snap off, carry, chit, call, let, check out, confirmation, begin, give away, key, lap, burst, die away, point, smash, recrudesce, bridge, hang on, grab, shutoff, power point, immobilise, ferry, demote, retard, kick downstairs, take, come by, fit, stem, fade away, snatch, remain, persist, lapse, aboard, ask for, dissolve, furlough, stuff, closing, chequer, parry, compass point, debar, stage, find out, let on, dispense with, collapse, checkout, shutdown, give, bankrupt, check over, kibosh, barricado, closedown, fall apart, enlistment, term of enlistment, booking office, check mark, throw in the towel, expiration, offend, break-dance, bus, endure, take leave, pipe down, way station, confront, decimal point, pulley, disclose, distributor point, grasp, end up, hold in, come from, continue, free, bring out, dot, book on, cutoff, jumping-off point, mark off, reside, arr., flash, block off, flip off, evaporate, backtrack, auction block, downspout, intermit, come to a stop, match, depart, throw overboard, look into, breach, vacate, chase away, if it kills you, drop by the wayside, throw in, lug, allow, dwell, get in the way of something, force out, tip, arrestment, hold up, soften, lay off, shut off, law of closure, dampen, time period, crack, check up on, rub, point in time, back up, settle, part, plosive speech sound, foreswear, avert, watch, retain, aspiration, landfall, get, squat, contraceptive diaphragm, closure, not move a muscle, look up, tally, hinderance, draw a blank, chip, forego, drive out, hold the line, surcease, occlusive, see to it, deactivate, defect, close off, bus shelter, geological period, terminus, cave in, pull to a stop/halt, control, menstruum, cylinder block, run in, break off, arrive, occlude, step down, entreat, reverse, wear, persevere, go out, separate, preventive, snap, pinch, I/we etc. will not rest until..., come apart, train, intercept, incorporate, stymie, bow, chain, haul, hammer, cut out, learn, pick up, kick, breaker point, break up, wear out, tour of duty, look in, forgo, come off, cannibalize, plosive, fall in, retrovert, wind up, tick off, stymy, stand, check into, cheque, if it's the last thing I do, assonance, run out, can, staunch, fall by the wayside, lay over, drop-off, anticipate, come over, jibe, bank check, infract, alveolar, correspond, discover, seal off, let up, call off, drop, request, occluded front, wait, fracture, hold off, break away, bilabial, resolution, suss out, bring up, checker, closed syllable, pulley-block, menstruation, stall, and damn the consequences/expense etc., forbear, won't take no for an answer, divulge, hang-up, give the sack, populate, full point, give over, depot, expect, better, drop by, waive, affricate, turn back, plosive consonant, bump, fire, departure, come to rest, insist, balk, inhabit, unwrap, diaphragm, duty tour, bug, item, go bad, call away, port of call, shackles, head, settlement, agree, tolerate, taking into custody, stanch, release, await, deflect, contain, trammel, change, hang in, fetch up, cube, embarrass, ensure, drive away, implore, platform, cessation, discipline, knock something on the head, conceal, culvert, get around, chip off, tie up, mark, manacle, tarry, bear, break out, split up, level, interference, gibe, break down, double back, termination, erupt, check off, pessary, gimmick, dispel, ascertain, founder, damp, fret, percentage point, blocking, block up, verification, in for a penny, in for a pound, station, moderate, drop out, violate, disappear, aspirate, embarrassment, full stop, aisle seat, assure, conclusion, choke up, check-out procedure, stop consonant, period of time, send away, bide, order up, bust, banish, offset, belay, collar, break short, seek, mental block, ending, displace, assay, abide, split, drive off, renounce, keep back, cede, apprehension, limp, relegate, discontinuance, swear off, wiretap, drumstick, go away, go against, detail, conduit, go over, condition, give way, invite, get out, close up, eat up, start, finish up, bridle, squash, vanish, leave office, full, spare, peter out, give notice, prohibit, period, catgut, sojourn, tour, booking, nail, midriff, baulk, disengage, polish off, fail, see, run off, the home stretch, give the axe, leave off, gag law, blank out, settle down, send for, flick, bus station, gunpoint, stopover, cut short, layover, pop in, hobble, deliver, gag rule, avoid, break in, keep, peak, give out, ...or bust, dismiss, hitch, incumbrance, disable, prevent, conk out, expose, holdback, exclude, bookable, ruin, proceed, invert, discontinuation, revert, arrest, draw up, pull up, drop in, develop, city block, occlusion, shut down, land up, cut, part with, spot, weaken, substantiation, nab, flow, knap, terminal, let out, engine block, wild horses couldn't..., degree, apprehend, lodge, hold on, reveal, bellows, where there's a will, there's a way, close vowel, determine, afloat, catamenia, stop over, want, chuck up the sponge, tab, comprise, insure, board, cloture, pointedness, forfeit, cesspit, come to a full stop, airlock, obturate, go, live, leg, consonant, tick, preventative, hold back, sack, fill, cut off, visit, stumbling block, cop, menses, forget, transgress, discourage, regress

expire, finalize, accomplish, checkmate, die, cap, exit, decease, complete, pass away, conclude, pass on, wrap up, finish

discontinue, abandon, halt, refrain, quit it, quit, close, pause, remit, cease, break, end, stay, desist, suspend, interrupt, say, terminate, culminate, cut it out, hey there, knock it off

immobilize, idle, rest, stagnate, still, hibernate

crimp, restrict, brake, drag, bar, catch, clog, encumber, thwart, impede, dam, frustrate, entrap, hamstring, hamper, constipate, choke, curb, block, oppose, paralyze, plug, snarl, check, impair, constrain, bung, baffle, tangle, hinder, delay, fetter, restrain, resist, inhibit, handicap, deter, burden, foul, obstruct, jam, counter, complicate, bottleneck, congest, mire, snag, cramp, cripple, detain, entangle

spigot, spile, cover, cork, stopper, valve, tap

disadvantage, blockade, blockage, bafflement, complication, entrapment, damper, impediment, constraint, deterrent, impedance, encumbrance, hurdle, frustration, inhibition, congestion, restriction, impasse, restraint, interruption, entanglement, resistance, hindrance, opposition, constipation, obstruction, drawback, barrier, stoppage, obstacle

join, barricade, seal, latch, lock, secure, bolt, fasten, shut

recess, postpone, reprieve, relieve

relinquish, surrender, withdraw, resign, give up

freeze, hold

Usage examples:

• If we stop at this, 'what do we more than others? - "The Reconciliation of Races and Religions", Thomas Kelly Cheyne.
• We cannot stop him if we would. - "Parent and Child Vol. III., Child Study and Training", Mosiah Hall.
• You see, you don't really want to stop. - "The Man Upstairs and Other Stories", P. G. Wodehouse.