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Halt Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Halt?
[n] an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
[n] the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill" [n] 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" [adj] disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" [v] cause to stop or halt; "Halt the engine" [v] as of the flow of a liquid flowing, such as blood from a wound [v] cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" [v] come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" [v] come to rest [v] stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" Synonyms | Synonyms for Halt: arrest | arrest | block | check | crippled | freeze | game | halting | hitch | hold | kibosh | lame | stanch | staunch | stay | stem | stop | stop | stop | stoppage | unfit Related Terms | Find terms related to Halt: abandon | abort | afterthought | amble | arrest | arrestation | bad | barge | belay | bell | bind | blind alley | block | blockage | bowl along | box | brake | break | breath | breather | breathing place | breathing space | breathing spell | breathing time | bring to | bring up | bring up short | bundle | bureaucratic delay | calm | calm down | cancel | castrated | cease | cease fire | cessation | check | checkmate | cigarette break | close | clump | cocktail hour | coffee break | come up short | conclude | corner | cower | crippled | cul-de-sac | curb | cut it out | cut short | cutoff | dally | dam | dawdle | dead end | dead set | dead stand | dead stop | dead-end street | deadlock | debarment | delay | delayage | delayed reaction | desist | detention | determent | deterrence | die down | dillydally | disabled | discontinue | discouragement | dodder | double take | downtime | drag | dragging | draw rein | draw up | drop it | dwindle | dying down | ebb | ebbing | emasculated | end | endgame | ending | enforced respite | estoppel | extremity | falter | fetch up | final whistle | flag | flounce | foot | footslog | forbiddance | foreclosure | forestalling | freeze | full stop | game | give | give over | goof off | grinding halt | gun | halting | hamstrung | handicapped | hang fire | hang-up | happy hour | haul up | have done with | haw | hem | hem and haw | hesitate | hindrance | hippety-hop | hitch | hobble | hobbling | hold | holdup | hole | hop | hum | hum and haw | impasse | incapacitated | interim | interlude | intermission | jam | jog | jolt | jump | knock it off | lag | lagging | lame | lay off | leave off | letup | limp | limping | linger | lock | lockout | logjam | loiter | lollygag | lull | lumber | lunge | lurch | maimed | mammer | mince | molder | moratorium | obstruction | obviation | pace | pacify | paddle | paperasserie | pause | peg | piaffe | piaffer | plod | prance | preclusion | prevention | prohibition | pull up | put paid to | quiesce | quiet | quieten | quit | quiver | rack | recess | red tape | red-tapeism | red-tapery | refrain | relinquish | renounce | reprieve | respite | rest | retardance | retardation | roll | sashay | saunter | scrub | scuff | scuffle | scuttle | shake | shamble | shilly-shally | shuffle | sidle | single-foot | sit-down strike | skip | slink | slither | slog | slouch | slow down | slowdown | slowness | slow-up | soothe | spavined | spell | stagger | stalemate | stalk | stall | stammer | stamp | stand | standoff | standstill | stay | stay of execution | stem | stem the tide | stick | stillstand | stomp | stop | stop cold | stop dead | stop short | stoppage | stopping | straddle | straggle | stride | strike | stroll | strut | stumble | stump | stutter | stymie | subside | subsidence | surcease | suspension | swagger | swing | tarry | tea break | teeter | terminate | termination | tie-up | time lag | time out | tittup | toddle | totter | trail | traipse | tranquilize | tremble | trip | trudge | waddle | wait | walkout | wamble | wane | waning | waste time | wiggle | wobble | work stoppage | wrap up See Also | brake | cessation | check | check | conclusion | conk | deadlock | draw up | embargo | ending | finish | forbid | foreclose | forestall | go off | halt | haul up | impasse | inaction | inactiveness | inactivity | logjam | pause | preclude | prevent | pull up | pull up short | rein | rein in | settle | stalemate | stall | stand | standstill | standstill | stay | stop | stop | surcease | tie-up Halt In Webster's Dictionary \Halt\,
3d pers. sing. pres. of {Hold}, contraction for holdeth.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Halt\, n. [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See {Hold}.] A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. Without any halt they marched. --Clarendon. [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon make a halt. --Davenant. \Halt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Halted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Halting}.] 1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still. 2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain. How long halt ye between two opinions? --1 Kings xviii. 21 \Halt\, v. t. (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment. \Halt\, a. [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.] Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. --Luke xiv. 21. \Halt\, n. The act of limping; lameness. \Halt\, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See {Halt}, a.] 1. To walk lamely; to limp. 2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. The blank verse shall halt for it. --Shak. |
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