What is the meaning of the word "stop"?

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  1. a brief stay in the course of a journey copy to clipboard noun
    • they made a stopover to visit their friends copy to clipboard
  2. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it copy to clipboard noun
    • My stop consonants are too aspirated. copy to clipboard
  3. a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes copy to clipboard noun
    • The organist pulled out all the stops as the fugue drew to a close. copy to clipboard
  4. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations copy to clipboard noun
    • in England they call a period a stop copy to clipboard
  5. a restraint that checks the motion of something copy to clipboard noun
    • They used a book as a stop to hold the door open. copy to clipboard
  6. a spot where something halts or pauses copy to clipboard noun
    • The next stop is Atlanta. copy to clipboard
  7. cause to stop copy to clipboard verb
    • stop a car copy to clipboard
  8. come to a halt, stop moving copy to clipboard verb
    • the car stopped copy to clipboard
  9. interrupt a trip copy to clipboard verb
    • we stopped at Aunt Mary's house copy to clipboard
  10. prevent completion copy to clipboard verb
    • stop the project copy to clipboard
  11. the act of stopping something copy to clipboard noun
    • the third baseman made some remarkable stops copy to clipboard
  12. the event of something ending copy to clipboard noun
    • it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill copy to clipboard

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