stop English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at stuff, stump.
Alternate etymology derives Proto-Germanic *stupp?n? from an assumed . This derivation, however, is doubtful, as the earliest instances of the Germanic verb do not carry the meaning of "stuff, stop with tow". Rather, these senses developed later in response to influence from similar sounding words in Latin and Romance[The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, "stop".].
Verb
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(label) To cease moving.
* , chapter=5
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
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(label) To come to an end.
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(label) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
, page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=( The Economist)
, title= Ideas coming down the track
, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
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(label) To cause (something) to come to an end.
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(label) To close or block an opening.
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To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
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(label) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside temporarily.
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* R. D. Blackmore
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* 1931 , , Mapp & Lucia , chapter 7
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(label) To tarry.
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(label) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
(label) To punctuate.
* Landor
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(label) To make fast; to stopper.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing)'' or the ''to infinitive. See for more information.
Synonyms
* (to cease moving) brake, desist, halt
* (to come to an end) blin, cease, desist, discontinue, halt, terminate
* (to cause to cease moving) cancel, cease, discontinue, halt, terminate
* (to cause to come to an end) blin, cancel, cease, discontinue, halt, terminate
Antonyms
* (to cease moving) continue, go, move, proceed
* (to come to an end) continue, proceed
* (to cause to cease moving) continue, move
* (to cause to come to an end) continue, move
Derived terms
* stop-and-search / stop-and-frisk
* stop by
* stopcock
* stop down
* stop in
* stop off
* stop out
* stop over
* stop up
* stopwatch
* the buck stops here
Noun
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A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
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An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
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* De Foe
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* Sir Isaac Newton
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* John Locke
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A device intended to block the path of a moving object; as, a door stop.
(label) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis; a plosive.
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
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A function that halts playback or recording in devices such as videocassette and DVD player.
(label) A button that activates the stop function.
(label) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
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(label) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
(label) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
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(label) An f-stop.
(label) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
(label) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
Synonyms
* (place for vehicles to load and unload passengers) halt, station
* (consonant sound where air is blocked) plosive, occlusive
Derived terms
* bus stop
* truck stop
References
Adverb
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Prone to halting or hesitation.
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . See stoup.
Noun
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A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
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come Verb
(label) To move from further away to nearer to.
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* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
- Look, who comes yonder?
* (1809-1892)
- I did not come to curse thee.
# To move towards the speaker.
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# To move towards the listener.
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# To move towards the object that is the of the sentence.
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# (label) To move towards the or subject of the main clause.
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# To move towards an unstated agent.
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(label) To arrive.
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, passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
(label) To appear, to manifest itself.
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* (1613-1680), (Hudibras)
- when butter does refuse to come [i.e. to form]
(label) To take a position to something else in a sequence.
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To achieve orgasm; to cum.
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To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
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, passage=Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come' to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and ' came very near to saying so.}}
To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
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To become, to turn out to be.
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* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
- How come you thus estranged?
(label) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
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(label) To carry through; to succeed in.
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(label) Happen.
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, title= It's a gas
, passage=But out of sight is out of mind. And that
To have a social background.
# To be or have been a resident or native.
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# To have been brought up by or employed by.
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To germinate.
Usage notes
In its general sense, come'' specifically marks motion towards the (whether explicitly stated or not). Its counterpart, usually referring to motion away from or not involving the deictic centre, is ''go''. For example, the sentence "Come to the tree" implies contextually that the speaker is already at the tree - "Go to the tree" often implies that the speaker is elsewhere. Either the speaker or the listener can be the deictic centre - the sentences "I will go to you" and "I will come to you" are both valid, depending on the exact nuances of the context. When there is no clear speaker or listener, the deictic centre is usually the focus of the sentence or the topic of the piece of writing. "Millions of people came''' to America from Europe" would be used in an article about America, but "Millions of people ' went to America from Europe" would be used in an article about Europe.
When used with adverbs of location, come'' is usually paired with ''here'' or ''hither''. In interrogatives, ''come'' usually indicates a question about source - "Where are you coming from?" - while ''go indicates a question about destination - "Where are you going?" or "Where are you going to?"
A few old texts use comen as the past participle.
The phrase "dream come true" is a set phrase; the verb "come" in the sense "become" is archaic outside of that set phrase and the collocation "come about".
The collocations “come with” and “come along” mean accompany, used as “Do you want to come with me?” and “Do you want to come along?” In the Midwestern American dialect, “come with” can occur without a following object, as in “Do you want to come with?” In this dialect, “with” can also be used in this way with some other verbs, such as “take with”. Examples of this may be found in plays by Chicagoan (David Mamet), such as (American Buffalo). [ ]Chicago Dialect This objectless use is not permissible in other dialects.
Antonyms
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Derived terms
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See also
* cam'st
* kingdom come
Noun
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(obsolete) Coming, arrival; approach.
* 1869 , RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone , II:
- “If we count three before the come of thee, thwacked thou art, and must go to the women.”
(slang) Semen, or female ejaculatory discharge.
See also
* cum
Preposition
( English prepositions)
- Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoctions to offer your guests.
- Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.
* '>citation
- Come the final whistle, Mikel Arteta lay flabbergasted on the turf.
Usage notes
* is often used when both the indicated event, period or change in state occurred in the past.
Interjection
( en interjection)
An exclamation to express annoyance.
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An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
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*:“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come , let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
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