stop

1. (intransitive) To cease moving.Examples: "I stopped at the traffic lights."Synonyms: brakeintransitive

2. (intransitive) Not to continue.Examples: "The riots stopped when police moved in."; "Soon the rain will stop."; "Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer."Synonyms: blinintransitive

3. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.Examples: "The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks."; "This guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him."; "A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails.[…]This set-up solves several problems […]. Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?"transitive

4. (transitive) To cease; to no longer continue.Examples: "One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting."Antonyms: keeptransitive

5. (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.Examples: "The referees stopped the fight."Synonyms: blintransitive

6. (causative, transitive) To interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something. [with direct object, along with gerund (chiefly UK) or direct object, along with from, along with gerund (chiefly US)]Examples: "Don't let me stop you working."; "When they have finished the milk they must be patted and squeezed to stop them exploding."causativetransitive