Stop vs. Wait
Stopverb
(intransitive) To cease moving.
Stopverb
(intransitive) To not continue.
Stopverb
(transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
Stopverb
(transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
Stopverb
(transitive) To close or block an opening.
Stopverb
To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
Stopverb
(intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
Stopverb
(music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
Stopverb
(obsolete) To punctuate.
Stopverb
(nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
Stopnoun
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
Stopnoun
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
Stopnoun
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
Stopnoun
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
Stopnoun
(engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
Stopnoun
(architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
Stopnoun
(linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
Stopnoun
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
Stopnoun
(music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
Stopnoun
(tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
Stopnoun
(zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
Stopnoun
(photography) An f-stop.
Stopnoun
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
Stopnoun
A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
Stopadverb
Prone to halting or hesitation.
Stopadjective
(physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
Stopverb
To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
Stopverb
To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage.
Stopverb
To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood.
Stopverb
To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity.
Stopverb
To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part.
Stopverb
To point, as a composition; to punctuate.
Stopverb
To make fast; to stopper.
Stopverb
To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.
Stopverb
To cease from any motion, or course of action.
Stopverb
To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend.
Stopnoun
The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.
Stopnoun
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction.
Stopnoun
A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
Stopnoun
The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated.
Stopnoun
In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop.
Stopnoun
A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.
Stopnoun
A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.
Stopnoun
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
Stopnoun
The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.
Stopnoun
Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed.
Stopnoun
the event of something ending;
Stopnoun
the act of stopping something;
Stopnoun
a brief stay in the course of a journey;
Stopnoun
the state of inactivity following an interruption;
Stopnoun
a spot where something halts or pauses;
Stopnoun
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it;
Stopnoun
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;
Stopnoun
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes;
Stopnoun
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;
Stopnoun
a restraint that checks the motion of something;
Stopnoun
an obstruction in a pipe or tube;
Stopverb
come to a halt, stop moving;
Stopverb
put an end to a state or an activity;
Stopverb
stop from happening or developing;
Stopverb
interrupt a trip;
Stopverb
cause to stop;
Stopverb
prevent completion;
Stopverb
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;
Stopverb
seize on its way;
Stopverb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
Stopverb
render unsuitable for passage;
Stopverb
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments;
Stopverb
(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen
Stopverb
cease to perform a specified action or have a specified experience
Stopverb
abandon a specified practice or habit
Stopverb
stop moving or operating
Stopverb
(of a bus or train) call at a designated place to pick up or set down passengers
Stopverb
stay somewhere for a short time
Stopverb
cause (an action, process, or event) to come to an end
Stopverb
prevent (an action or event) from happening
Stopverb
prevent or dissuade (someone) from continuing in an activity or achieving an aim
Stopverb
prevent (someone or something) from performing a specified action or undergoing a specified experience
Stopverb
cause or order to cease moving or operating
Stopverb
be hit by (a bullet).
Stopverb
instruct a bank to withhold payment on (a cheque)
Stopverb
refuse to supply as usual; withhold or deduct
Stopverb
defeat (an opponent) by a knockout
Stopverb
pinch back (a plant).
Stopverb
block or close up (a hole or leak)
Stopverb
put a filling in (a tooth).
Stopverb
block the mouth of (a fox's earth) prior to a hunt.
Stopverb
plug the upper end of (an organ pipe), giving a note an octave lower.
Stopverb
obtain the required pitch from (the string of a violin or similar instrument) by pressing at the appropriate point with the finger.
Stopverb
make (a rope) fast with a stopper.
Stopverb
be or behave in a particular way
Stopverb
remain in a particular state or condition
Stopnoun
a cessation of movement or operation
Stopnoun
a break or halt during a journey
Stopnoun
a place designated for a bus or train to halt and pick up or set down passengers
Stopnoun
an object or part of a mechanism which is used to prevent something from moving
Stopnoun
a punctuation mark, especially a full stop.
Stopnoun
used in telegrams to indicate a full stop
Stopnoun
a consonant produced with complete closure of the vocal tract
Stopnoun
a high card that prevents the opponents from establishing a particular suit; a control
Stopnoun
a short length of rope used to secure something; a stopper.
Stopnoun
a set of organ pipes of a particular tone and range of pitch.
Stopnoun
a knob, lever, or similar device in an organ or harpsichord which brings into play a set of pipes or strings of a particular tone and range of pitch.
Stopnoun
the effective diameter of a lens.
Stopnoun
a device for reducing the effective diameter of a lens.
Stopnoun
a unit of change of relative aperture or exposure (with a reduction of one stop equivalent to halving it).
Waitverb
To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
Waitverb
(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
Waitverb
To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
Waitverb
To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
Waitverb
(obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
Waitverb
To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
Waitverb
(intransitive) To remain celibate while one's lover is unavailable.
Waitnoun
A delay.
Waitnoun
An ambush.
Waitnoun
(obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
Waitnoun
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
Waitnoun
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
Waitverb
To watch; to observe; to take notice.
Waitverb
To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
Waitverb
To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.
Waitverb
To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
Waitverb
To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
Waitverb
To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; - said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.
Waitnoun
The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
Waitnoun
Ambush.
Waitnoun
One who watches; a watchman.
Waitnoun
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
Waitnoun
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
Waitnoun
time during which some action is awaited;
Waitnoun
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something);
Waitverb
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something;
Waitverb
wait before acting
Waitverb
look forward to the probable occurrence of;
Waitverb
serve as a waiter in a restaurant;
Waitverb
stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or event
Waitverb
stay where one is or delay action until (someone) arrives or is ready
Waitverb
be left until a later time before being dealt with
Waitverb
defer (a meal) until a person's arrival
Waitverb
remain in readiness for a purpose
Waitverb
(of a vehicle) be parked for a short time at the side of a road.
Waitverb
used to indicate that one is eagerly impatient to do something or for something to happen
Waitverb
act as a waiter or waitress, serving food and drink
Waitnoun
a period of waiting
Waitnoun
street singers of Christmas carols.
Waitnoun
official bands of musicians maintained by a city or town.
