Come+to+a+halt+or+stop
11halt — 1. verb 1) Jen halted and turned around Syn: stop, come to a halt, come to a stop, come to a standstill; pull up, draw up Ant: start, go 2) a further strike has halted production Syn …
12halt — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a stop (usu. temporary); an interruption of progress (come to a halt). 2 a temporary stoppage on a march or journey. 3 Brit. a minor stopping place on a local railway line, usu. without permanent buildings. v.intr. & tr. stop;… …
13come — come1 [ kʌm ] (past tense came [ keım ] ; past participle come) verb *** ▸ 1 move/travel (to here) ▸ 2 reach particular state ▸ 3 start doing something ▸ 4 reach particular point ▸ 5 be received ▸ 6 happen ▸ 7 exist or be produced ▸ 8 be… …
14halt — I [[t]hɔlt[/t]] v. i. 1) to stop; cease moving, operating 2) to cause to stop; bring to a stop 3) a temporary or permanent stop; standstill: to come to a halt[/ex] 4) (used as a command to stop and stand motionless, as to marching troops or to a… …
15stop — {{11}}stop (n.) late 15c., from STOP (Cf. stop) (v.). {{12}}stop (v.) O.E. stoppian (in forstoppian to stop up, stifle ), a general West Germanic word (Cf. W.Fris. stopje, M.L.G. stoppen, O.H.G. stopfon, Ger. stopfen to plug, stop up, Old Low… …
16STOP — Shunt Thrombotic Occlusion Prevention by Picotamide [study]; Stenting for Total Occlusion and Restenosis Prevention [study]; Stroke Prevention in Sickle Cell Disease [study]; Study of Hypertension in the Elderly [Sweden] or Swedish Trial in Old… …
17stop — 1 vb stopped, stop·ping vt 1: to cause to halt stopped payment 2: to subject to a legal stop vi: to cease activity or motion stop 2 n: an act or inst …
18halt — halt1 [hôlt] n. [orig. in phr. to make halt, transl. of Ger halt machen < imper. of halten (see HOLD1) + machen, MAKE2] 1. a stop, esp. a temporary one, as in marching; pause or discontinuance 2. a command to stop vi., vt. to come or br …
19stop — or [stäp] vt. stopped, stopping [ME stoppen < OE stoppian (in comp.) < WGmc stoppōn < VL * stuppare, to stop up, stuff < L stuppa < Gr styppē, tow < IE * stewe , to thicken, contract > Gr styphein, to contract, Sans stuka,… …
20halt — I noun abandonment, abeyance, armistice, arrest, block, break, breathing spell, cessation, check, close, closing, deadlock, delay, desistance, detention, deterrent, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, estoppage, estoppel, hesitation,… …
