stop — meaning in English

English meaning

• stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.

Senses

stop is used for these senses in English:

• stop (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.
• stop (photography) A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.

stop — full definition

1. verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
2. verb To cease doing something, or to prevent it from continuing.
3. noun A place where a bus, train, or other vehicle regularly halts to pick up or drop off passengers.

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