(n): event whose occurrence ends something
(n): the act of stopping something
(n): something that people do or cause to happen
(n): a brief stay in the course of a journey
(n): continuing or remaining in a place or state
(n): the state of inactivity following an interruption
(n): the state of being inactive
(n): a spot where something halts or pauses
(n): a point located with respect to surface features of some region
(n): a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
(n): a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth
(n): a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
(n): the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
(n): (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
(n): a round handle
(n): a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
(n): mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
(n): a restraint that checks the motion of something
(n): a device that retards something's motion
(n): an obstruction in a pipe or tube
(n): any structure that makes progress difficult
(v): come to a halt, stop moving
(v): put an end to a state or an activity
(v): stop from happening or developing
(v): keep from happening or arising; make impossible
(v): interrupt a trip
(v): make a break in
(v): cause to stop
(v): prevent completion
(v): bring to an end or halt
(v): hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
(v): be on the defensive; act against an attack
(v): seize on its way
(v): take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
(v): have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
(v): render unsuitable for passage
(v): block passage through
(v): stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
(v): terminate
