halt
🇺🇸
/hɔːlt/
🇬🇧
/hɔːlt/
verb
R
to stop or make something stop
The officer ordered the car to halt immediately.
noun
C1
a stop in movement or progress
The sudden halt of the machine surprised everyone.
R
a small country train stop with a platform but no buildings
The train made a brief halt at the rural station.
translation
to stop or make something stop
a stop in movement or progress; a small country train stop with a platform but no buildings
Word Forms
Perfect
halted
Progressive
halting
3rd Present
halts
Past
halted
Plural
halts