hold on
stop
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Hold on a moment!
stopover
layover
a brief stay in the course of a journey
they made a stopover to visit their friends
stoppage
the act of stopping something
the third baseman made some remarkable stops
his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
check
turn back
arrest
contain
hold back
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Arrest the downward trend
Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
Contain the rebel movement
Turn back the tide of communism
intercept
seize on its way
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
barricade
block
blockade
block off
block up
bar
render unsuitable for passage
block the way
barricade the streets
stop the busy road
cause to end
stop a car
stop the thief
halt
come to a halt, stop moving
the car stopped
She stopped in front of a store window
stop over
interrupt a trip
we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
they stopped for three days in Florence
kibosh
stop from happening or developing
Block his election
Halt the process
end
finish
terminate
cease
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
My property ends by the bushes
The symphony ends in a pianissimo
discontinue
give up
quit
lay off
break
break off
put an end to a state or an activity
Quit teasing your little brother
blockage
closure
occlusion
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
catch
a restraint that checks the motion of something
he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
diaphragm
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
the organist pulled out all the stops
period
point
full stop
full point
a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
in England they call a period a ‘stop’
stop consonant
occlusive
plosive consonant
plosive speech sound
plosive
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
his stop consonants are too aspirated
the event of something ending
it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
a spot where something halts or pauses
his next stop is Atlanta
hitch
stay
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