stop (EN)

verb, noun

verb “stop”

1. to cease moving
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   The train stopped at the station to pick up passengers.
2. to cause something to cease moving
   She stopped the car to let the pedestrians cross.
3. to cease doing something; to finish an activity
   He stopped working at six o'clock and went home.
4. to prevent something from happening or continuing
   We need to stop the spread of the disease.
5. to block an opening or hole
   He used a rag to stop the leak in the pipe.
6. (photography) to adjust the aperture of a camera lens (often used with "up" or "down")
   She stopped down the lens to f/16 to increase the depth of field.
7. (music) to press a string on an instrument to change the pitch
   The guitarist stopped the string to play a higher note.
8. (phonetics) to pronounce a sound as a stop consonant
   In some accents, speakers stop the "t" sound in "water".

noun “stop”

1. a place where buses or trains halt to let passengers on and off
   She waited at the bus stop for her ride home.
2. an act of stopping; a pause in movement or activity
   They made a quick stop at the store to buy supplies.
3. something that blocks or prevents movement; an obstacle
   The roadblock was a stop to all traffic entering the area.
4. a device used to block or limit movement
   He installed door stops to prevent the doors from slamming shut.
5. (photography) a unit that represents a doubling or halving of light in exposure
   Increasing the exposure by one stop made the photo brighter.
6. (linguistics) a consonant sound produced by completely blocking the airflow, such as "p", "t", or "k"
   The word "top" starts and ends with stop consonants.
7. (music) a knob or lever on an organ that controls the flow of air to certain pipes
   The organist pulled out all the stops for the final piece.
8. (UK, punctuation) a full stop; the punctuation mark "."
   Be sure to place a stop at the end of each sentence.
9. (international standards) the code word used in radio communication to represent a full stop or period
   The radio operator said, "Message received. Stop." to indicate the end of the sentence.
10. (soccer) an action of preventing a goal; a save
    The goalkeeper's brilliant stop kept his team in the game.
11. (physics) a hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the top quark
    Scientists are searching for evidence of the stop in particle accelerators.