The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - stopv.

1) discontinue, halt, terminate, cease, break off, end, put an end or a stop to, bring to a stop or a halt or an end or a close, give up, quit, leave off, finish, conclude, desist (from) , refrain (from) , abandon; draw to a close, be over, come to a stop or a halt or an end or a close; Colloq cut (out) , lay off, Brit pack in: Stop shouting, I'm not deaf. The car stopped suddenly. Will the fighting ever stop? 2 bring to a stop or a halt or a standstill, check, cut off; arrest, suppress, restrain, thwart; block, bar, obstruct, dam, keep or hold back, prevent, hinder; slow, impede, stem, stanch or staunch: The main problem was how to stop drug trafficking. Can we stop the river from flooding? This tourniquet will stop the bleeding. 3) Often, stop up. obstruct, block (up) , jam (up) , plug (up) , clog (up) , choke (up) , stuff (up) , fill (up) , close (up or off) : The drain was all stopped up with paper. 4) peter out, be over, end: He gave me an injection and the pain finally stopped. 5) pause, break, take a break, interrupt, tarry; sojourn, rest, stay, put up, lodge, visit, stop off or in or over; pull over, pull up: I'd like to stop for a cup of coffee. I stopped at The Bell Inn on my way here. We stopped short at the sign. --n. 6) halt, end, cessation, termination, ban, prohibition; close, standstill, conclusion: The new law put a stop to door-to-door selling. We must bring that practice to a stop. 7) stay, sojourn, visit, break, rest, stopover, US layover: We thoroughly enjoyed our stop in Brighton. 8) stopping-place, station, terminal, stage, terminus, US and Canadian depot: There is a bus stop in the next street. 9) blockage, blocking, stopping (up) , stoppage, closing up, obstruction, block: A stop in the water supply was soon cleared up.