| stopped | | |
| adj. | 1. stopped, stopped up, stopped-up | (of a nose) blocked.; "a stopped (or stopped-up) nose" |
| ~ obstructed | shut off to passage or view or hindered from action.; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice" |
| desist | | |
| v. (consumption) | 1. abstain, desist, refrain | choose not to consume.; "I abstain from alcohol" |
| ~ fast | abstain from eating.; "Before the medical exam, you must fast" |
| ~ fast | abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons.; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent" |
| ~ keep off, avoid | refrain from certain foods or beverages.; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day" |
| ~ teetotal | practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages. |
| halt | | |
| n. (state) | 1. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage | the state of inactivity following an interruption.; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" |
| ~ inaction, inactiveness, inactivity | the state of being inactive. |
| ~ countercheck | a check that restrains another check. |
| ~ logjam | any stoppage attributable to unusual activity.; "the legislation ran into a logjam" |
| n. (event) | 2. halt, stop | the event of something ending.; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill" |
| ~ conclusion, ending, finish | event whose occurrence ends something.; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" |
| ~ cessation, surcease | a stopping.; "a cessation of the thunder" |
| ~ standstill, tie-up, stand | an interruption of normal activity. |
| n. (act) | 3. freeze, halt | an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement.; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" |
| ~ pause | temporary inactivity. |
| v. (motion) | 4. arrest, halt, hold | cause to stop.; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" |
| ~ stop | cause to stop.; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" |
| v. (motion) | 5. halt, stop | come to a halt, stop moving.; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" |
| ~ go off | stop running, functioning, or operating.; "Our power went off during the hurricane" |
| ~ pull up short | stop abruptly.; "The police car pulled up short and then turned around fast" |
| ~ check | stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution.; "She checked for an instant and missed a step" |
| ~ check | stop in a chase especially when scent is lost.; "The dog checked" |
| ~ check | abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey. |
| ~ rein in, rein | stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins.; "They reined in in front of the post office" |
| ~ conk, stall | come to a stop.; "The car stalled in the driveway" |
| ~ stall | experience a stall in flight, of airplanes. |
| ~ haul up, pull up, draw up | come to a halt after driving somewhere.; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us" |
| ~ brake | stop travelling by applying a brake.; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road" |
| ~ settle | come to rest. |
| v. (social) | 6. block, halt, kibosh, stop | stop from happening or developing.; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" |
| ~ embargo | prevent commerce.; "The U.S. embargoes Libya" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| ~ stay | stop a judicial process.; "The judge stayed the execution order" |
| v. (change) | 7. halt, stanch, staunch, stem | stop the flow of a liquid.; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" |
| ~ check | arrest the motion (of something) abruptly.; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve" |
| adj. | 8. crippled, game, gimpy, halt, halting, lame | disabled in the feet or legs.; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" |
| ~ unfit | not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition.; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" |
| interrupt | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. interrupt | a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out. |
| ~ signal | an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes. |
| v. (communication) | 2. break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| ~ cut off, cut | cease, stop.; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" |
| ~ break off, discontinue, stop, break | prevent completion.; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
| ~ punctuate | interrupt periodically.; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone" |
| ~ break | interrupt the flow of current in.; "break a circuit" |
| ~ put aside, put away | turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily.; "it's time for you to put away childish things" |
| ~ intermit, pause, break | cease an action temporarily.; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" |
| ~ butt in, chime in, chisel in, barge in, break in, cut in, put in | break into a conversation.; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation" |
| ~ burst in on, burst upon | spring suddenly.; "He burst upon our conversation" |
| ~ heckle | challenge aggressively. |
| ~ interject, interpose, throw in, come in, inject, put in | to insert between other elements.; "She interjected clever remarks" |
| ~ block, jam | interfere with or prevent the reception of signals.; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station" |
| ~ stop over, stop | interrupt a trip.; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence" |
| ~ take time off, take off | take time off from work; stop working temporarily. |
| v. (change) | 3. disturb, interrupt | destroy the peace or tranquility of.; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (change) | 4. disrupt, interrupt | interfere in someone else's activity.; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone" |
| ~ cut in | interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner.; "Jim always cuts in!" |
| ~ cut short | cause to end earlier than intended.; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short" |
| ~ butt in, chime in, chisel in, barge in, break in, cut in, put in | break into a conversation.; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation" |
| v. (change) | 5. break, interrupt | terminate.; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ hold on, stop | stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments.; "Hold on a moment!" |
| ~ break off, break short, cut short | interrupt before its natural or planned end.; "We had to cut short our vacation" |
| ~ suspend, freeze | stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it.; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" |
| quit | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
| ~ knock off, drop | stop pursuing or acting.; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" |
| ~ leave off | stop using.; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" |
| ~ sign off | cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations. |
| ~ retire, withdraw | withdraw from active participation.; "He retired from chess" |
| ~ pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing.; "The government pulled the plug on spending" |
| ~ close off, shut off | stem the flow of.; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" |
| ~ cheese | used in the imperative (get away, or stop it).; "Cheese it!" |
| ~ call it a day, call it quits | stop doing what one is doing.; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books" |
| ~ break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| v. (social) | 2. leave office, quit, resign, step down | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| ~ resign, vacate, renounce, give up | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" |
| ~ retire | go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.; "He retired at age 68" |
| ~ top out | give up one's career just as one becomes very successful.; "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out" |
| ~ pull up stakes, depart, leave | remove oneself from an association with or participation in.; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" |
| ~ fall | lose office or power.; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" |
| v. (motion) | 3. depart, quit, take leave | go away or leave. |
| ~ walk out of | leave, usually as an expression of disapproval. |
| ~ congee | depart after obtaining formal permission.; "He has congeed with the King" |
| ~ beat a retreat | depart hastily. |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ plump out | depart suddenly.; "He plumped out of the house" |
| ~ break camp, decamp | leave a camp.; "The hikers decamped before dawn" |
| v. (possession) | 4. foreswear, quit, relinquish, renounce | turn away from; give up.; "I am foreswearing women forever" |
| ~ disclaim | renounce a legal claim or title to. |
| ~ abandon, give up | give up with the intent of never claiming again.; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" |
| v. (competition) | 5. chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel | give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat.; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" |
| retire | | |
| v. (social) | 1. retire | go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.; "He retired at age 68" |
| ~ superannuate | retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity. |
| ~ bow out, withdraw | retire gracefully.; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" |
| ~ leave office, step down, quit, resign | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| v. (social) | 2. retire, withdraw | withdraw from active participation.; "He retired from chess" |
| ~ retire, withdraw | lose interest.; "he retired from life when his wife died" |
| ~ bow out, withdraw | retire gracefully.; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" |
| ~ drop out | withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values.; "She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California" |
| ~ cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
| v. (motion) | 3. draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw | pull back or move away or backward.; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" |
| ~ back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, pull back, withdraw | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ fall back | move back and away from.; "The enemy fell back" |
| ~ retreat, retrograde | move back.; "The glacier retrogrades" |
| ~ back down, back off, back up | move backwards from a certain position.; "The bully had to back down" |
| v. (social) | 4. retire | withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds. |
| ~ recall | make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution.; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" |
| v. (social) | 5. adjourn, retire, withdraw | break from a meeting or gathering.; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" |
| ~ seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw | keep away from others.; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" |
| ~ close down, close up, shut down, close, fold | cease to operate or cause to cease operating.; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" |
| ~ prorogue | adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body. |
| ~ foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet | collect in one place.; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" |
| v. (social) | 6. retire | make (someone) retire.; "The director was retired after the scandal" |
| ~ retire | go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.; "He retired at age 68" |
| ~ superannuate | retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability. |
| ~ give notice, give the axe, give the sack, can, force out, sack, send away, displace, dismiss, fire, terminate | terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |
| v. (possession) | 7. retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed).; "She finally retired that old coat" |
| ~ cast aside, cast away, chuck out, discard, throw away, toss away, toss out, cast out, dispose, put away, throw out, fling, toss | throw or cast away.; "Put away your worries" |
| v. (emotion) | 8. retire, withdraw | lose interest.; "he retired from life when his wife died" |
| ~ fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" |
| ~ retire, withdraw | withdraw from active participation.; "He retired from chess" |
| ~ bow out, chicken out, back down, back off, pull out | remove oneself from an obligation.; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" |
| v. (contact) | 9. put out, retire | cause to be out on a fielding play. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ diddle, toy, fiddle, play | manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination.; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" |
| v. (competition) | 10. retire, strike out | cause to get out.; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ ease up, give way, move over, yield, give | move in order to make room for someone for something.; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" |
| v. (body) | 11. bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in | prepare for sleep.; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" |
| ~ bed down, bunk down | go to bed.; "We bedded down at midnight" |
| stop | | |
| n. (act) | 1. stop, stoppage | the act of stopping something.; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood" |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| ~ stand-down, standdown | (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action. |
| ~ haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis | surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat). |
| n. (act) | 2. layover, stop, stopover | a brief stay in the course of a journey.; "they made a stopover to visit their friends" |
| ~ stay | continuing or remaining in a place or state.; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court" |
| ~ night-stop | a break in a journey for the night. |
| ~ pit stop | a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car. |
| ~ pit stop | a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment. |
| ~ stand | a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance.; "a one-night stand" |
| n. (location) | 3. stop | a spot where something halts or pauses.; "his next stop is Atlanta" |
| ~ bus stop | a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers. |
| ~ checkpoint | a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance. |
| ~ loading area, loading zone | a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded. |
| ~ stopover, way station | a stopping place on a journey.; "there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago" |
| ~ place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| n. (communication) | 4. occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it.; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" |
| ~ obstruent | a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth. |
| ~ implosion | the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant. |
| ~ plosion, explosion | the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant. |
| ~ labial stop | a stop consonant that is produced with the lips. |
| ~ glottal catch, glottal plosive, glottal stop | a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel. |
| ~ suction stop, click | a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu). |
| n. (communication) | 5. full point, full stop, period, point, stop | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations.; "in England they call a period a stop" |
| ~ punctuation mark, punctuation | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. |
| ~ suspension point | (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. stop | (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes.; "the organist pulled out all the stops" |
| ~ knob | a round handle. |
| ~ pipe organ, organ | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. diaphragm, stop | a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens.; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically" |
| ~ camera, photographic camera | equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other). |
| ~ iris diaphragm, iris | diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening. |
| ~ mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. catch, stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something.; "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open" |
| ~ bench hook | any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing). |
| ~ doorstop, doorstopper | a stop that keeps open doors from moving. |
| ~ detent, pawl, click, dog | a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward. |
| ~ constraint, restraint | a device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" |
| ~ tripper, trip | a catch mechanism that acts as a switch.; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water" |
| n. (artifact) | 9. block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube.; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" |
| ~ breech closer, breechblock | a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing. |
| ~ impedimenta, obstruction, impediment, obstructer, obstructor | any structure that makes progress difficult. |
| ~ plug, stopple, stopper | blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly. |
| ~ vapor lock, vapour lock | a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor). |
| v. (motion) | 10. stop, stop over | interrupt a trip.; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| ~ call | make a stop in a harbour.; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow" |
| ~ lay over, stop over | interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight.; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil" |
| v. (motion) | 11. stop | cause to stop.; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" |
| ~ check | arrest the motion (of something) abruptly.; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve" |
| ~ rein, rein in | stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins.; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office" |
| ~ halt, arrest, hold | cause to stop.; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" |
| ~ bring up | cause to come to a sudden stop.; "The noise brought her up in shock" |
| ~ cut | stop filming.; "cut a movie scene" |
| ~ flag down | signal to stop.; "Let's flag down a cab--it's starting to rain"; "The policeman flagged down our car" |
| ~ stop, halt | come to a halt, stop moving.; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" |
| ~ stall | cause an engine to stop.; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car" |
| ~ stall | cause an airplane to go into a stall. |
| ~ draw up, pull up | cause (a vehicle) to stop.; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel" |
| ~ brake | cause to stop by applying the brakes.; "brake the car before you go into a curve" |
| v. (change) | 12. break, break off, discontinue, stop | prevent completion.; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
| ~ fracture | become fractured.; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ bog down, bog | get stuck while doing something.; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| v. (competition) | 13. arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" |
| ~ cut down, cut out | intercept (a player). |
| ~ defend | be on the defensive; act against an attack. |
| v. (contact) | 14. intercept, stop | seize on its way.; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace" |
| ~ grab, take hold of, catch | take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of.; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!" |
| ~ cut out, cut off | cut off and stop.; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van" |
| v. (stative) | 15. cease, end, finish, stop, terminate | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| ~ pass away | go out of existence.; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away" |
| ~ lapse | end, at least for a long time.; "The correspondence lapsed" |
| ~ cut out | cease operating.; "The pump suddenly cut out" |
| ~ go out | become extinguished.; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark" |
| ~ adjourn, recess, break up | close at the end of a session.; "The court adjourned" |
| ~ disappear, vanish | cease to exist.; "An entire civilization vanished" |
| ~ climax, culminate | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage.; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" |
| ~ run out | become used up; be exhausted.; "Our supplies finally ran out" |
| ~ run low, run short, go | to be spent or finished.; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | become invisible or unnoticeable.; "The effect vanished when day broke" |
| ~ conclude, close | come to a close.; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" |
| ~ come out, turn out | result or end.; "How will the game turn out?" |
| ~ discontinue | come to or be at an end.; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" |
| ~ break | come to an end.; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday" |
| v. (contact) | 16. bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop | render unsuitable for passage.; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" |
| ~ obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block | block passage through.; "obstruct the path" |
| ~ block off, close off, shut off | block off the passage through.; "We shut off the valve" |
| ~ close | bar access to.; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours" |
| ~ obstruct, block | shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight.; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains" |
| v. (change) | 17. hold on, stop | stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments.; "Hold on a moment!" |
| ~ break, interrupt | terminate.; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" |
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