stop, cease, quit, discontinue, desist mean to suspend or cause to suspend activity. stop applies to action or progress or to what is operating or progressing and may imply suddenness or definiteness.

Stop & Shop

If you stop something from happening, or you stop something happening, you prevent it from happening or prevent it from continuing. He proposed a new diplomatic initiative to try to stop the war. He would …

STOP definition: 1. to finish doing something that you were doing: 2. to stop doing, using, or having something…. Learn more.

stop in, to make a brief, incidental visit: If you're in town, be sure to stop in. stop off, to halt for a brief stay at some point on the way elsewhere: On the way to Rome we stopped off at Florence.

2. To put an end to what one is doing; cease: had to stop at an exciting place in the book. 3. To interrupt one's course or journey for a brief visit or stay. Often used with by, in, or off: stop by at a friend's …

Definition of stop verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.