Definitions
1.verbTo limp; move with a limping gait.
2.verbTo stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
3.verbTo be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
4.verbTo waver.
5.verbTo falter.
6.nounA cessation, either temporary or permanent."The contract negotiations put a halt to operations."
7.nounA minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom."The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works."
8.verbTo stop marching.
9.verbTo stop either temporarily or permanently.
10.verbTo bring to a stop.
11.verbTo cause to discontinue."The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week."
12.nounLameness; a limp.