Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To walk lamely or move in an irregular fashion.
- intransitive verb To proceed or act with uncertainty or indecision; waver.
- intransitive verb To be defective or proceed poorly, as in the development of an argument in logic or in the rhythmic structure of verse.
- adjective Lame; crippled.
- noun A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one.
- intransitive verb To cause to stop: synonym: stop.
- intransitive verb To stop; pause.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lame; not able to walk without limping.
- noun The act of limping; lameness; a defect in gait.
- noun A disease in sheep.
- To limp; move with a limping gait.
- To stand in doubt; hesitate; linger; delay.
- To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection of ideas, or in measure or versification: as, a halting metaphor; a halting sonnet.
- noun A stop; a suspension of progress in walking, riding, or going in any manner, and especially in marching.
- To stop in walking or going; cease to advance; stop for a longer or shorter time on a march, as a body of troops.
- To bring to a stand; cause to cease marching: as, the general halted his troops.
- A Middle English contraction of haldeth, equivalent to holdeth, third person singular of the present indicative of hold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete 3d pers. sing. pres. of
hold , contraction forholdeth . - noun A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
- transitive verb (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop.
- adjective Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
- noun The act of limping; lameness.
- intransitive verb 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.
- intransitive verb To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
- intransitive verb To walk lamely; to limp.
- intransitive verb To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic
Lame ,limping . - verb To
limp . - verb To
waver . - verb To
falter . - noun dated
Lameness ; alimp . - verb intransitive To stop
marching . - verb intransitive To
stop eithertemporarily orpermanently . - verb transitive To bring to a stop.
- verb transitive To cause to
discontinue . - noun A
cessation , eithertemporary orpermanent . - noun A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- verb come to a halt, stop moving
- noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
- verb stop from happening or developing
- noun an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- verb cause to stop
- adjective disabled in the feet or legs
- noun the event of something ending
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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As he requested, they called a halt to the federal government s cruel plan to take 202 chimpanzees and subject them once again to years of experiments.
Ingrid Newkirk: Did President Obama Play Secret Santa? Ingrid Newkirk 2011
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Brian Strutton, the GMB union's national secretary for public services, said: Is Mr Alexander saying in reaction to the way some unions are proceeding, what we are going to do is call a halt to these negotiations, so for the majority like me, who are trying to negotiate our way through this, the government is actually switching me off, actually pushing me in the dispute camp?
Furious unions threaten strikes as minister springs pensions surprise 2011
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Even a short halt is a reminder of the leverage Pakistan has over the United States at a crucial time in the 9-year-old war.
Pakistan Cuts NATO Supply Line In Apparent Retaliation For Killed Troops AP 2010
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As he requested, they called a halt to the federal government's cruel plan to take 202 chimpanzees and subject them once again to years of experiments.
Ingrid Newkirk: Did President Obama Play Secret Santa? Ingrid Newkirk 2011
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Even a short halt is a reminder of the leverage Pakistan has over the United States at a crucial time in the 9-year-old war.
Pakistan Cuts NATO Supply Line In Apparent Retaliation For Killed Troops AP 2010
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As his successor was calling a halt to budget negotiations with Republicans on a June special election at the end of last month, former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in London for the gala honoring his friend Mikhail Gorbachev's 80th birthday.
William Bradley: Assessing Jerry Brown's Assessments (And Why He Was in Stealth Mode So Long) William Bradley 2011
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Brian Strutton, the GMB union's national secretary for public services, said: Is Mr Alexander saying in reaction to the way some unions are proceeding, what we are going to do is call a halt to these negotiations, so for the majority like me, who are trying to negotiate our way through this, the government is actually switching me off, actually pushing me in the dispute camp?
Furious unions threaten strikes as minister springs pensions surprise 2011
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Having the sun and moon halt is extraordinarily uncommon.
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As his successor was calling a halt to budget negotiations with Republicans on a June special election at the end of last month, former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in London for the gala honoring his friend Mikhail Gorbachev's 80th birthday.
William Bradley: Assessing Jerry Brown's Assessments (And Why He Was in Stealth Mode So Long) William Bradley 2011
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As he requested, they called a halt to the federal government's cruel plan to take 202 chimpanzees and subject them once again to years of experiments.
Ingrid Newkirk: Did President Obama Play Secret Santa? Ingrid Newkirk 2011
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