1. (noun) arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
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"
2. (noun) stop, halt
the event of something ending
"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
3. (adj) freeze, halt
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
"a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
4. (verb) crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game
disabled in the feet or legs
"a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
5. (verb) halt, hold, arrest
cause to stop
"Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
6. (verb) stop, halt
come to a halt, stop moving
"the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
7. (verb) stop, halt, block, kibosh
stop from happening or developing
"Block his election"; "Halt the process"
8. (verb) stem, stanch, staunch, halt
stop the flow of a liquid
"staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
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Definition of 'HALT' 
