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Halt meaning in English

Meaning of Halt in English

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Halt

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Noun

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

4. arrest, halt, hold

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'

6. block, halt, kibosh, stop

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.


Halt

see synonyms of halt
noun
1. 
an interruption or end to activity, movement, or progress
2. mainly British
a minor railway station, without permanent buildings
3.  call a halt
noun, sentence substitute
4. 
a command to halt, esp as an order when marching
verb
5. 
to come or bring to a halt
verb (intransitive)
1. 
(esp of logic or verse) to falter or be defective
2. 
to waver or be unsure
3. archaic
to be lame
adjective
4. archaic
a. 
lame
b. 
(as collective noun; preceded by the)
the halt
noun
5. archaic
lameness

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Halt

see synonyms of halt
noun
1. 
a stop, esp. a temporary one, as in marching; pause or discontinuance
2. 
a command to stop
verb intransitive, verb transitive
3. 
to come or bring to a halt; stop, esp. temporarily
verb intransitive
1.  Archaic
to walk with a crippled gait; limp; hobble
2. 
to be uncertain; waver; hesitate
to halt in one's speech
3. 
to have defects
; esp.,
a. 
to have a faulty meter
said of verse
b. 
to be illogical
said of argument
adjective
4. 
limping; crippled; lame
noun
5.  Archaic
lameness

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Halt

see synonyms of halt
n.
A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one: The car rolled to a halt when it stalled.
v. halt·ed, halt·ing, halts
v.tr.
To cause to stop: The government hopes to halt tax fraud. See Synonyms at stop.
v.intr.
To stop; pause: The hikers halted for lunch and some rest.
intr.v. halt·ed, halt·ing, halts
1. To walk lamely or move in an irregular fashion.
2. To proceed or act with uncertainty or indecision; waver.
3. To be defective or proceed poorly, as in the development of an argument in logic or in the rhythmic structure of verse.
adj.
Lame; crippled.

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