| inactive | | |
| adj. | 1. inactive | (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert.; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ unreactive | (chemistry) not reacting chemically. |
| adj. | 2. inactive | (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly. |
| ~ pathology | the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases. |
| ~ dead-end | lacking opportunities for development or advancement.; "stuck in a dead-end job" |
| ~ flat | commercially inactive.; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market" |
| ~ indolent | (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless.; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease" |
| ~ latent | (pathology) not presently active.; "latent infection"; "latent diabetes" |
| ~ quiescent | (pathology) causing no symptoms.; "a quiescent tumor" |
| adj. | 3. inactive, nonoperational | (military) not involved in military operations. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| adj. | 4. inactive | not exerting influence or change. |
| ~ quiescent | not active or activated.; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation" |
| adj. | 5. dormant, inactive | (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct.; "a dormant volcano" |
| ~ quiescent | being quiet or still or inactive. |
| adj. | 6. inactive, passive | lacking in energy or will.; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself" |
| ~ hands-off | not involving participation or intervention.; "a hands-off foreign policy" |
| ~ unresisting, resistless, supine | offering no resistance.; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried" |
| adj. | 7. inactive | lacking activity; lying idle or unused.; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" |
| ~ dark | not giving performances; closed.; "the theater is dark on Mondays" |
| ~ dead | devoid of activity.; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here" |
| ~ sluggish, slow, dull | (of business) not active or brisk.; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" |
| ~ idle, unused | not in active use.; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands" |
| ~ strikebound | closed or immobilized by a strike.; "a strikebound airline" |
| adj. | 8. inactive | not engaged in full-time work.; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member" |
| ~ off | not performing or scheduled for duties.; "He's off every Tuesday" |
| ~ retired | no longer active in your work or profession. |
| adj. | 9. inactive | not active physically or mentally.; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" |
| ~ desk-bound, deskbound | restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity. |
| ~ abeyant, dormant | inactive but capable of becoming active.; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened" |
| ~ hypoactive, underactive | abnormally inactive. |
| ~ torpid, inert, sluggish, soggy | slow and apathetic.; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" |
| ~ sedentary | requiring sitting or little activity.; "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life" |
| ~ lethargic, unenrgetic | deficient in alertness or activity.; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights" |
| adj. | 10. inactive, motionless, static, still | not in physical motion.; "the inertia of an object at rest" |
| ~ nonmoving, unmoving | not in motion. |
| static | | |
| n. (event) | 1. atmospheric static, atmospherics, static | a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference. |
| ~ interference, noise, disturbance | electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. |
| ~ radio noise | static at radio wavelengths. |
| n. (communication) | 2. static | angry criticism.; "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial" |
| ~ criticism, unfavorable judgment | disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings.; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent" |
| adj. (pertain) | 3. electrostatic, static | concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity.; "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity" |
| adj. | 4. stable, static, unchanging | showing little if any change.; "a static population" |
| ~ unchangeable | not changeable or subject to change.; "a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"; "the unchangeable seasons"; "one of the unchangeable facts of life" |
| nightmare | | |
| n. (state) | 1. incubus, nightmare | a situation resembling a terrifying dream. |
| ~ situation | a complex or critical or unusual difficulty.; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. nightmare | a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream. |
| ~ dream, dreaming | a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.; "I had a dream about you last night" |
| stop | | |
| n. (event) | 1. 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) | 2. 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) | 3. 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. (state) | 4. 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. (location) | 5. 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) | 6. 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) | 7. 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) | 8. 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) | 9. 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) | 10. 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) | 11. 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) | 12. 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. (stative) | 13. 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) | 14. 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. (motion) | 15. 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) | 16. 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) | 17. 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) | 18. 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) | 19. 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) | 20. 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) | 21. 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) | 22. 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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