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halt
1[ hawlt ]
verb (used without object)
- to stop; cease moving, operating, etc., either permanently or temporarily:
They halted for lunch and strolled about.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to stop temporarily or permanently; bring to a stop:
They halted operations during contract negotiations.
noun
- a temporary or permanent stop.
Synonyms: , , , ,
interjection
- (used as a command to stop and stand motionless, as to marching troops or to a fleeing suspect.)
halt
2[ hawlt ]
verb (used without object)
adjective
- Archaic. lame; limping.
noun
- Archaic. lameness; a limp.
- (used with a plural verb) lame people, especially severely lamed ones (usually preceded by the ):
the halt and the blind.
halt
1/ ɔː /
noun
- an interruption or end to activity, movement, or progress
- a minor railway station, without permanent buildings
- call a haltto put an end (to something); stop
noun
- a command to halt, esp as an order when marching
verb
- to come or bring to a halt
halt
2/ ɔː /
verb
- (esp of logic or verse) to falter or be defective
- to waver or be unsure
- archaic.to be lame
adjective
- archaic.
- lame
- ( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the halt
noun
- archaic.lameness
Other 51Թ Forms
- l adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of halt1
Origin of halt2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of halt1
Origin of halt2
Idioms and Phrases
see call a halt ; come to a halt ; grind to a halt .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He was summoned to Delhi the morning after, as the government moved quickly to halt trade - revoking Pakistan's most-favoured-nation status, granted in 1996.
Camera crew members previously told The Times that they assumed producers would halt production for the day to address their concerns.
In 2019, a new state law halted willful defiance suspensions in public schools for the fourth and fifth grade, and banned them in sixth through eighth grade for a half-decade.
One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.
The BBC reported from the trading hub of Guangzhou in mid-April that US-China trade was grinding to a halt, with exports to American households piling up on factory floors.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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