остана́вливать — meaning in English
ostanavlivat
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English meaning
- arrest verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
- discontinue verb To stop making, selling, or continuing something.
- halt verb To stop moving or operating, or to cause something to stop.
- kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
- stanch adj An archaic spelling of staunch.
- stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
Senses
остана́вливать is used for these senses in English:
- arrest (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]
- discontinue (transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
- kill (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
- stanch To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
- stanch (transitive, poetic, otherwise, archaic) To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
- stop (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
arrest — full definition
- verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
- verb To stop or slow down a process or movement.
- noun The act of taking someone into legal custody.
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