спи́рам — meaning in English

English meaning

• arrest verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
• brake noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
• cease verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
• desist verb To stop doing something, often used as a formal or legal instruction.
• halt verb To stop moving or operating, or to cause something to stop.
• impede verb To slow down or get in the way of progress.
• kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
• pause verb To stop something briefly, intending to continue later.
• quit verb To resign from a job or position.
• rest noun Relief from work or activity, especially by sleeping or relaxing.
• stall noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.
• stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
• withhold verb To refuse to give, share, or reveal something.

Senses

спи́рам is used for these senses in English:

• arrest (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]
• brake (intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.
• cease (formal, intransitive) To stop.
• desist (ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
• draw up (transitive) To cause to come to a halt.
• go down (intransitive, computing, engineering) To stop functioning, to go offline.
• halt (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
• impede (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

arrest — full definition

1. verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
2. verb To stop or slow down a process or movement.
3. noun The act of taking someone into legal custody.

brake — full definition

1. noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
2. verb To slow down or stop a vehicle by using its brakes.

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