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Definition stop

Etymology 1

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (�to stop, close�), from Proto-Germanic *stupp?n? (�to stop, close�), *stuppijan? (�to push, pierce, prick�), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (�to push; stick�), from *(s)tew- (�to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit�). Cognate with Saterland Frisian stopje (�to stop, block�), West Frisian stopje (�to stop�), Dutch stoppen (�to stop�), Low German stoppen (�to stop�), German stopfen (�to be filling, stuff�), German stoppen (�to stop�), Danish stoppe (�to stop�), Swedish & Icelandic stoppa (�to stop�), Middle High German stupfen, st�pfen (�to pierce�). More at stuff, stump.

Alternate etymology derives Proto-Germanic *stupp?n? from an assumed Vulgar Latin *st?p?re, *stupp?re (�to stop up with tow�), from st?pa, st?pa, stuppa (�tow, flax, oakum�), from Ancient Greek ????? (st�p?), ?????? (st�pp?, �tow, flax, oakum�). 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.

Verb

stop (third-person singular simple present stops, present participle stopping, simple past and past participle stopped)

1. (intransitive) To cease moving.
2. (intransitive) To not continue.
3. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
4. (transitive) To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
5. (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
6. (transitive) To close or block an opening.
7. (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
8. (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
9. (music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
10. (obsolete) To punctuate.
11. (nautical) To make fast; to stopper.

Noun

stop (plural stops)

1. A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
2. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
3. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
4. A device intended to block the path of a moving object
   1. (engineering) 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.
   2. (architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
5. (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
6. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
7. (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
8. (music) One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
9. (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
10. (zoology) The depression in a dog�s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
11. (photography) An f-stop.
12. The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
13. (fencing) A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stoppe, from Old English stoppa (�bucket, pail, a stop�), from Proto-Germanic *stupp� (�vat, vessel�), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teub- (�to push, hit; stick, stump�). Cognate with Norwegian stopp, stoppa (�deep well, recess�), Middle High German stubech, st�bich (�barrel, vat, unit of measure�) (German St�bchen). Related also to Middle Low German st?p (�beaker, flask�), Middle High German stouf (�beaker, flask�), Norwegian staupa (�goblet�), Icelandic staupa (�shot-glass�), Old English st?ap (�a stoup, beaker, drinking vessel, cup, flagon�). Cognate to Albanian shtamb� (�amphora, bucket�). See stoup.

Noun

stop (plural stops)

1. (Britain dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.

Etymology 3

s- +‎ top

Adjective

stop (not comparable)

1. (physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.

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