halt in English dictionary

  • halt

    Meanings and definitions of "halt"

    • (intransitive) to stop either temporarily or permanently
    • (transitive) to cause something to stop
    • The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
    • (intransitive) to waver or be hesitant
    • A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
    • The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.
    • A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
    • (archaic) Lame, limping.
    • To limp.
    • To waver, falter.
    • (dated) Lameness; a limp.
    • adjective
      (archaic)
      Lame, limping.
    • noun
      A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
    • noun
      (rail transport)
      A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
    • noun
      (dated)
      Lameness; a limp.
    • verb
      To limp.
    • verb
      To waver.
    • verb
      To falter.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To limp; move with a limping gait.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To stop marching.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To stop either temporarily or permanently.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To bring to a stop.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause to discontinue.
    • To cause to stop (e.g. an engine or a machine).
    • to stop either temporarily or permanently
    • to cause something to stop
    • to waver or be hesitant
    • cessation
    • minor railway station
    • adjective
      disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
    • noun
      an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
    • noun
      the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
    • noun
      the state of inactivity following an interruption; "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"
    • verb
      cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
    • verb
      come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
    • verb
      stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
    • verb
      stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"

    Synonyms of "halt" in English dictionary

    hold, stay, prevent are the top synonyms of "halt" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "halt" in English dictionary

    start is the antonym of "halt" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of halt

    • halt ( plural  halts)
    • halt ( comparative more halt, superlative most halt)
    • to halt, halted, halted, halts, halting
    • halt ( third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)
    • halt (comparative more halt, superlative most halt)
    • halt (plural halts)
    • halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)
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