pull up
bring to an end
stopping
stoppage
stop
nark
cease
rein up
break
put a block on
bring an end to
stay
get off
prevent
withdraw
desist
scare off
stoppingly
redlight
leave alone
butt out
lay off
seize up
call it quits
misstop
call it a day
keep
hit the buffers
step back
let up
halting
arrest
straighten out
leave off
shut off
kibosh
awake
lin
stooop
choke off
knock it off
cut off
leave it out
cut
desistor
come to a stop
bode
bring up short
cease and desist
de-ethnization
bring up
check
stop dead
stall
leave someone high and dry
balk
stoppedness
fall away
put the kibosh on
spare
cheese
shut down
nip in the bud
unfrequent
bump into
belay
deed
act
come to an end
stump
human activity
human action
come to rest
ceaser
p-
haltable
wean
dead
block
devall
close up shop
jib
hit pause
call a halt
shutoff
interrupt
abrupt
throw in one's hand
break down
make tick
keep from
hang
cut the crap
haltable
stoppingly
stopping
stoppage
stop
halting
arrest
desistor
bode
de-ethnization
stoppedness
deed
act
human activity
human action
ceaser
shutoff
pull up
bring to an end
nark
cease
rein up
break
put a block on
bring an end to
stay
get off
prevent
withdraw
desist
scare off
redlight
leave alone
butt out
lay off
seize up
call it quits
misstop
call it a day
keep
hit the buffers
step back
let up
straighten out
leave off
shut off
kibosh
awake
stop
lin
choke off
knock it off
cut off
cut
come to a stop
bring up short
cease and desist
bring up
check
stop dead
stall
leave someone high and dry
balk
fall away
put the kibosh on
spare
cheese
shut down
nip in the bud
unfrequent
bump into
belay
come to an end
stump
come to rest
wean
dead
block
devall
close up shop
jib
hit pause
call a halt
interrupt
abrupt
throw in one's hand
break down
make tick
keep from
hang
cut the crap
verb
- To cause (a person) to stop.
- To intentionally take a racehorse out of a race, usually as a result of the horse's tiredness or concerns of potential injury (in reference to the act of pulling up the reins).
- To raise the nose of an aircraft.
- To cause (a horse) to stop when riding.
- To fetch for display on a screen.
- To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point.
- To admonish or criticize someone for their actions.
- To lift upwards or vertically.
- To pull forward.
- To improve; to get better; to lift one's game.
- To travel somewhere, especially to meet someone else; to come to.
noun
- the act of stopping something
- the event of something ending
- a brief stay in the course of a journey
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- a spot where something halts or pauses
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
- a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
verb
- come to a halt, stop moving
- put an end to a state or an activity
- stop from happening or developing
- interrupt a trip
- cause to end
- prevent completion
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- seize on its way
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- render unsuitable for passage
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
verb
- To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- To become deeper at puberty.
- To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- To counter-attack.
- To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- To become audible suddenly.
- To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- To ruin financially.
- To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- To change a steady state abruptly.
- To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- To end the run of (a play).
- To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
- To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- To begin or end.
- To suddenly become.
- To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- To demulsify.
- To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- To arrive.
- To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- To end.
- To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- To B-boy; to breakdance.
noun
- The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- A sharp bit or snaffle.
- The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
- A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- A game won by the receiving player(s).
- An act of escaping.
- The first shot in a game of billiards.
- The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- The start of a horse race.
- A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
verb
verb
verb
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To live; reside
- To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- To brace or support with a stay or stays
- To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- To continue to have a particular quality.
- To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
- To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To hold the attention of.
- To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- To tack; put on the other tack.
noun
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- A corset.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- A prop; a support.
- A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
- A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
adj
- Steep; ascending.
- Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
- Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
- (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
adv
verb
- To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- To make (someone) fall asleep.
- To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- To acquire (something) from (someone).
- To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- To kiss; to smooch.
- To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- To get high (on a drug).
- To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- To fall asleep.
- To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
verb
- To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)
- To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
- To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.
- To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
- To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.
- To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
- To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
- To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
- To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.
- To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.
- Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat.
- To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.
- Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.
- To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
- To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.
- Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
- Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc.
verb
verb
- To cease, quit, stop (doing something).
- In painting, to apply gentle strokes to smooth a wet coat of paint so as to remove visible roller- or brush-marks, commonly using a dry brush; a similar technique, but using a loaded laying-off brush, may produce a smooth coat of paint when using a roller or the usual brush techniques would leave marks.
- To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
- To plan out (a navigational course) using a chart.
- (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.
- To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone.
verb
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- retain possession of
- conform one's action or practice to
- stick to correctly or closely
- look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
- maintain by writing regular records
- supply with room and board
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- supply with necessities and support
- fail to spoil or rot
- behave as expected during of holidays or rites
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- to rear
- retain rights to
- store or keep customarily
- have as a supply
- maintain for use and service
- hold and prevent from leaving
- prevent the action or expression of
- prevent (food) from rotting
noun
verb
- To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.
- To prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.
- to depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.
noun
noun
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
- A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
verb
verb
- cease, stop
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- perform or carry out
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- have a reducing effect
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
adj
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
noun
- a share of the profits
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- a step on some scale
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
adj
verb
- cause to come to a sudden stop
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- look after a child until it is an adult
- promote from a lower position or rank
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- make reference to
- cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
verb
- To make a stop; to pause; with at.
- To inspect; to examine.
- To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- To verify or compare with a source of information.
- To leave in safekeeping.
- To control, limit, or halt.
- To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- To mark with a check pattern.
noun
- The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
- A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- An inspection or examination.
- A small chink or crack.
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
adj
verb
verb
- To stop suddenly.
- To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
- To fatten.
- To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- To forestall; to anticipate.
- To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
- To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
- To keep close; to keep secret.
- To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
- To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
- To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
- To come to a standstill.
- To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- To employ delaying tactics against.
noun
- A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
- A sheath to protect the finger.
- A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
- Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
- An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
- A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
- A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
- A stable; a place for cattle.
- A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
- A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
- The space left by excavation between pillars.
- A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
- A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
- An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.
verb
- To stop, check, block.
- To refuse suddenly.
- To stop short and refuse to go on.
- To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
- To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- To leave or make balks in.
- To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
- To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
- To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- To disappoint; to frustrate.
noun
- Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
- The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
- A sudden and obstinate stop.
- A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
- The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
- An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
- A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
- An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
verb
- To desist; to stop; to refrain.
- To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
- To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
- To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
- (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
- To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
- To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
- To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
adj
- Not occupied or in current use.
- Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
- Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
- Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
- Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
- Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
- Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
noun
- Parsimony; frugal use.
- An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
- A superfluous or second-best person.
- The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
- assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)
- A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
- The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
- A spare part, especially a spare tire.
- The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
- That which has not been used or expended.
verb
- To stop; to refrain from.
- To smile excessively, as for a camera.
- To use a controversial or unsporting tactic to gain an advantage (especially in a game.)
- To use an unconventional, all-in strategy to take one's opponent by surprise early in the game (especially for real-time strategy games).
- To prepare curds for making cheese.
- To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
- To anger or irritate someone, usually in combination with "off".
noun
- Money.
- A low curtsey; so called on account of the cheese shape assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
- That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy.
- Any particular variety of cheese.
- In skittles, the roughly ovoid object that is thrown to knock down the skittles.
- Smegma.
- A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
- A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
- A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the shape of a cheese.
- Wealth, fame, excellence, importance.
- Holed pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
- A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted.
- A thick variety of jam (fruit preserve), as distinguished from a thinner variety (sometimes called jelly)
- A substance resembling cream cheese, such as lemon cheese
- The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia) or marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).
- A fastball.
intj
noun
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a manifestation of insincerity
verb
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- be suitable for theatrical performance
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
verb
- To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
- To get a batsman out stumped.
- To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
- To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.
- To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of.
- To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed.
- To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.
- To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
- To campaign.
noun
- One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
- The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
- A leg.
- An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
- A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
- The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
- A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
- A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
- A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
verb
prefix
verb
- To cease to depend.
- To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
- To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
- To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
noun
verb
- To prevent by disabling; stop.
- To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
- To kill.
adv
adj
- Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead (literally or as a hyperbole).
- Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live.
- Full and complete (usually applied to nouns involving lack of motion, sound, activity, or other signs of life).
- Constructed so as not to reflect or transmit sound; soundless; anechoic.
- Broken or inoperable.
- Not imparting motion or power by design.
- Not in play.
- Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.
- Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.
- Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.
- Tagged out.
- So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored or ostracized.
- Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
- Stationary; static; immobile or immovable.
- Without emotion; impassive.
- Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
- No longer living; (usually only when referring to people) deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
- Unproductive; fallow.
- Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
- Indifferent to; having no obligation toward; no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).
- Devoid of living things; barren.
- No longer used or required.
- Exact; on the dot.
noun
verb
- To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- To hit with a block.
- To wait for some condition to become true.
- To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- To play a block shot.
- To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
- To shape or sketch out roughly.
- To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
- To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
noun
- A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- A cellblock.
- The popping crease.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
- Solitary confinement.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- A blockhole.
- A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- The human head.
- A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A roughly cuboid building.
- A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
verb
- To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
- To shift, or swing around, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
- To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse).
noun
- The projecting arm of a crane.
- An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, in-line skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park.
- Crystal meth.
- The mouth, sometimes particularly the tongue, underlip, or tooth.
- One who jibs or balks, refusing to continue forward.
- Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
- A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera.
- A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
- A stationary condition; a standstill.
verb
noun
adj
verb
- To cease to function. (others)
- To demolish, to pull down. (intentionally)
- To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
- To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
- To stop functioning. (machine, computer, vehicle)
- To fail, especially socially or for political reasons.
- To give in, relent, concede, or surrender.
- To render or to become weak and ineffective.
- To digest.
- To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
- To collapse, physically or in structure. (unexpectedly)
verb
- To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- To float, as if suspended.
- To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- To be or remain suspended.
- To veer in one direction.
- To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- To be vulnerable to capture.
- To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (used in maledictions) To damn.
noun
- A mass of hanging material.
- A slackening of motion.
- A grip, understanding.
- He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations.
- A hangout.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- The way in which something hangs.
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