stop : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers
  

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• noun either of the two main stops on a pipe organ
  diapason.
  

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• noun stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time
  

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• (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound.

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• adjective (verse) having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line
  

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• noun a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
  flag stop; way station.
  

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• noun an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe
  

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• noun a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
  full point; stop; period; point.
  
  • in England they call a period a stop

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• noun a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
  glottal catch; glottal plosive.
  

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• noun a stop consonant that is produced with the lips
  

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Long"-stop` noun

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1. (Cricket) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

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• noun birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
  Stopes; Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes.
  

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• noun birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
  Stopes; Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes.
  

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• noun a break in a journey for the night
  

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• noun a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
  

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• noun a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment
  
• noun a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car
  

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• verb use all resources available
  
  • The organizers pulled out all the stops for the centennial meeting

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• noun an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument
  

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• (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds.

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• noun designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
  pull-off; lay-by; rest area; layby.
  

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• noun an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer
  short-stop; short-stop bath.
  

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• noun an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer
  short-stop; short-stop bath.
  

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• noun an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer
  short-stop; short-stop bath.
  

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• (Arch.), the molding screwed to the inner side of a window frame, on the face of the pulley stile, completing the groove in which the inner sash is to slide.

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• noun a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
  plosive speech sound; plosive; stop; occlusive; plosive consonant.
  
  • his stop consonants are too aspirated

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• verb stop moving or become immobilized
  freeze.
  
  • When he saw the police car he froze

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• (Mach.), an automatic device for arresting the motion of a machine, as when a certain operation is completed, or when an imperfection occurs in its performance or product, or in the material which is supplied to it, etc.

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• noun the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
  focal ratio; f number; speed.
  

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• noun an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
  stop order.
  

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• verb interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight
  lay over.
  
  • We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil
• verb interrupt a trip
  stop.
  
  • we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
  • they stopped for three days in Florence

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• noun a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check
  

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• one of a set of planks employed to form a sort of dam in some hydraulic works.

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• noun late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute
  

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• verb fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
  plug; secure.
  
  • plug the hole
  • stop up the leak

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• a valve that can be closed or opened at will, as by hand, for preventing or regulating flow, as of a liquid in a pipe; in distinction from a valve which is operated by the action of the fluid it restrains.

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• noun a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race)
  stopwatch.
  

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• a watch the hands of which can be stopped in order to tell exactly the time that has passed, as in timing a race. See Independent seconds watch, under Independent, a.

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Stop"-gap` noun

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1. That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.

   Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue. Hare.

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• noun an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
  stop order.
  

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Stop"-o`ver adjective

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1. Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i. Railroad Cant, U.S.

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• adjective satellite (of a nose) blocked
  stopped; stopped up.
  
  • a stopped (or stopped-up) nose

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• adjective satellite (of a nose) blocked
  stopped; stopped up.
  
  • a stopped (or stopped-up) nose
• adjective satellite having narrow opening filled
  chinked.
  

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• noun the temporal end; the concluding time
  finish; last; finis; finale; close; conclusion.
  
  • the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell
  • the market was up at the finish
  • they were playing better at the close of the season

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Stop"ping-out` noun

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1. A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts.

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• noun a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
  click.
  

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• to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.

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• (Founding), to fill (a part of a mold) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.

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• to stop at a station beyond the time of the departure of the train on which one came, with the purpose of continuing one's journey on a subsequent train; to break one's journey. Railroad Cant, U.S.

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• to silence or be silent; to put to shame; to confound.

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• noun a roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers
  

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• . See Voiced stop, under Voiced, a.

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• (Phon.), a stopped consonant made with tone from the larynx while the mouth organs are closed at some point; a sonant mute, as b, d, g hard.

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• (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a surd mute, as p, t, k.

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• noun a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
  flag stop; way station.
  

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• noun a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited
  
  • in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours

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