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Halt meaning in English
Meaning of Halt in English
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Halt
see synonyms of haltNoun
1. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
the state of inactivity following an interruption
Example Sentences:'the negotiations were in arrest''held them in check''during the halt he got some lunch''the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow''he spent the entire stop in his seat'
2. halt, stop
the event of something ending
Example Sentences:'it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill'
3. freeze, halt
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
Example Sentences:'a halt in the arms race''a nuclear freeze'
Verb
cause to stop
Example Sentences:'Halt the engines''Arrest the progress''halt the presses'
5. halt, stop
come to a halt, stop moving
Example Sentences:'the car stopped''She stopped in front of a store window'
stop from happening or developing
Example Sentences:'Block his election''Halt the process'
7. halt, stanch, staunch, stem
stop the flow of a liquid
Example Sentences:'staunch the blood flow''stem the tide'
Adjective
8. crippled, game, gimpy, halt, halting, lame
disabled in the feet or legs
Example Sentences:'a crippled soldier''a game leg'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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Halt
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Halt
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