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1.nounA (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station."They agreed to meet at the bus stop."
2.nounAn action of stopping; interruption of travel."That stop was not planned."
3.nounThat which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
4.nounA device intended to block the path of a moving object"door stop"
5.nounA consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
6.nounA symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
7.nounA knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ."The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled."
8.nounOne of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
9.nounA very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
10.nounThe depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones."The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked."
11.nounA part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
12.nounA unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
13.nounAn f-stop.
14.nounThe diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
15.nounA coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
16.verbTo cease moving."I stopped at the traffic lights."
17.verbTo not continue."Soon the rain will stop."
18.verbTo cause (something) to cease moving or progressing."The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks."
19.verbTo cease; to no longer continue (doing something)."One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting."
20.verbTo cause (something) to come to an end."The referees stopped the fight."
21.verbTo close or block an opening."He stopped the wound with gauze."
22.verb(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."
23.verbTo stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily."He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive."
24.verbTo regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
25.verbTo punctuate.
26.verbTo make fast; to stopper.