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stop - verb

  1. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container: block, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, fill, plug. See full.
  2. To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt, leave off, quit, stall, surcease. See continue.
  3. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt, stall, stay, surcease. See continue.
  4. To cause to cease regular activity: idle, immobilize, tie up. See continue.
  5. To cease trying to accomplish or continue: abandon, break off, desist, discontinue, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, remit. Informal swear off. Slang lay off. See continue.
  6. To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example): break, cut out, give up, leave off. Slang kick. See continue.
  7. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize. call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, visit. See seek.

stop - noun

  1. The act of stopping: cessation, check, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt, stay, stoppage, surcease. See continue.
  2. The condition of being stopped: cessation, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt, standstill, stoppage, surcease. See continue.
  3. A concluding or terminating: cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up. See continue.
  4. Something that impedes or prevents entry or passage: bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, clog, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, traverse, wall. See help. open.
  5. Something used to fill a hole, space, or container: choke, cork, fill, plug, stopper. See full.