Definizione monolingua

stop

stop (third-person singular simple present stops, present participle stopping, simple past and past participle stopped)

1. (intransitive) To cease moving.

   I stopped at the traffic lights.

2. (intransitive) To come to an end.

   The riots stopped when police moved in.

   Soon the rain will stop.

3. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

   The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.

4. (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.

   The referees stopped the fight.

5. (transitive) To close or block an opening.

   He stopped the wound with gauze.

6. (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with ""up"" or ""down"") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.

   To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.

7. (intransitive) To stay a while.

   He stopped for two weeks at the inn.

8. (intransitive) To tarry.

   He stopped at his friends house before continuing with his drive.

stop (plural stops)

1. A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off.

   They agreed to see each other at the bus stop.

2. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.

   That stop was not planned.

3. A device intended to block the path of a moving object; as, a door stop.
4. (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
5. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
6. Short for a stopper, used in the phrase pull out all the stops.
7. A function that halts playback or recording in devices such as videocassette and DVD player.
8. (by extension) A button that activates the stop function.
9. (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.

   The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.

10. (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
11. (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.

    The stop in a bulldogs face is very marked.

12. (photography) An f-stop.

stop (not comparable)

1. Prone to halting or hesitation.

   He’s stop still.

Definizione dizionario stop

	fermare
	cause (something) to cease moving
	cause (something) to come to an end
	To cease moving.

	smettere
	come to an end
	Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.

	cessare
	Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.

	fermata
	place to get on and off line buses or trams
	interruption of travel

interrompere

	arrestare
	To halt a process or action, typically without restoring the prior state.

	fermarsi
	cease moving
	stay a while

	punto
	punctuation symbol

finire

stoppare

	far smettere
	cause (something) to come to an end

	intasatura
	Un'ostruzione in un tubo o conduttura.
	An obstruction in a pipe or tube.

	occlusiva
	consonant sound

	pulsante di arresto
	device to block path

	registro
	music: knob or pin to regulate the flow of air in an organ

alt

alzare

alzarsi

apertura diaframma

arrestarsi

arresto

basta

bloccare

cancellare

chiave

completare

concludere

controllare

decreto

deliberazione

detenere

disturbare

durare

fare

fermare, fermarsi, terminare

fermo

impedire

intercettare

interrompersi

interruzione

mollare

opporsi

ostacolare

ostruire

parare

permanere

prevenire

proibire

restare

rimanere

ritardare

soffermare

soggiorno

sorgere

sospendere

sosta

sostare

stare

stare in piedi

stop

tappa

tappare

tenere

terminare

trattenere

trattenersi

turare

Altri significati:

tennis: short shot

(to) stop

(transitive) To close or block an opening.

(transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.

(transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.

Short for a stopper, used in the phrase 'pull out all the stops'.

(intransitive) To tarry.

(music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.

(to) intercept

A traffic sign to instruct one to be still and not proceed until the path is clear.

(tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.

Prone to halting or hesitation.

stay (e.g. the night)

(intransitive) To come to an end.

A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.

(photography) An f-stop.

stand (still) a while

An action of stopping; interruption of travel.

stop (doing)

(by extension) A button that activates the stop function.

(transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off.

stop (something or someone)

(intransitive) To stay a while.

close an aperture

(Should we delete <sup>(+)</sup> this sense?) A function that halts playback or recording in devices such as videocassette and DVD player.

forbid someone to do something

A device intended to block the path of a moving object; as, a door stop.

tarry

(linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.

(intransitive) To cease moving.

(zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.

(place to) stop