stop
🇺🇸
/stɑːp/
🇬🇧
/stɒp/
verb
A1
To cease movement or action.
She stopped the car to check the map.
A1
To cease continuing an activity.
The noise outside made it hard to stop working.
A1
To bring to an end or conclusion.
The rain finally stopped.
A2
To prevent from doing or happening.
They couldn't stop the rumors from spreading.
A2
To pause temporarily for a break.
We stopped for a rest at the park.
A2
To cease functioning or working.
The clock stopped working after the battery died.
R
To pay a brief visit, especially to a house.
Can I stop by your house on my way home?
R
To halt the payment of money.
The bank stopped the check.
R
To block or close an opening.
Please stop up the leak in the pipe.
noun
A1
A regular place where a vehicle picks up or drops off passengers.
This is your stop, please exit the bus.
B1
The action of stopping or the state of being stopped.
After several stops, we finally reached our destination.
R
The punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence.
R
A set of pipes in an organ that produce sound.
R
A lever or button on an organ that controls the sound of pipes.
R
A speech sound produced by stopping the airflow and then releasing it.
translation
To cease movement or action.; To cease continuing an activity.; To bring to an end or conclusion.; To prevent from doing or happening.; To pause temporarily for a break.; To cease functioning or working.; To pay a brief visit, especially to a house.; To halt the payment of money.; To block or close an opening.
A regular place where a vehicle picks up or drops off passengers.; The action of stopping or the state of being stopped.; The punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence.; A set of pipes in an organ that produce sound.; A lever or button on an organ that controls the sound of pipes.; A speech sound produced by stopping the airflow and then releasing it.
Word Forms
Past
stopped
Progressive
stopping
3rd Present
stops
Perfect
stopped
Plural
stops