Definitions of Halt [ɔlt]

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Definition of 'Halt'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) halt
to stop; cease moving, operating.

2. (v.t.) halt
to cause to stop; bring to a stop.

3. (n.) halt
a temporary or permanent stop; standstill:
to come to a halt.

4. (interj.) halt
(used as a command to stop and stand motionless, as to marching troops or to a fleeing suspect.)

5. (v.i.) halt
to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.

6. halt
to be in doubt; vacillate.

7. halt
to be lame; limp.

8. (adj.) halt
lame; limping:
an old, halt horse.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE healt, c. OHG halz, ON haltr, Go halts; akin to L clādēs damage, loss)

Definition of 'Halt'

Princeton's WordNet

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"

Definition of 'Halt'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) halt
the act of stopping progress

2. halt
come to a halt
to stop
The truck came to a halt in front of me.; Management called a halt to the project.

3. (verb) halt
call a halt to
to stop or make stop
Production was halted to correct the mistake.

4. halt
Halt!
used by soldiers to mean stop
"Halt!" yelled the sergeant.

Definition of 'Halt'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Halt
halting or stopping in walking; lame

2. (adj) Halt
to walk lamely; to limp

3. (adj) Halt
to have an irregular rhythm; to be defective

4. (noun) Halt
a stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress

5. (noun) Halt
the act of limping; lameness

6. Halt
3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth

7. (verb) Halt
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

8. (verb) Halt
to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain

9. (verb) Halt
to cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment

Translation of 'Halt'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) stop walking, marching, running etc The driver halted the train; The train halted at the signals.
Afrikaans: tot stilstand kom, stop	Arabic: يَتَوَقَّف	Bulgarian: спирам (се)
Brazilian: parar	Czech: zastavit (se)	German: halten
Danish: standse; stoppe	Greek: σταματώ	Spanish: parar, detener
Estonian: peatama, peatuma	Farsi: توقف کردن	Finnish: pyhsähtyä
French: (s')arrêter	Hebrew: לַעֲצוֹר	Hindi: बंद कर देना
Croatian: zaustaviti (se)	Hungarian: megáll(ít)	Indonesian: menghentikan
Icelandic: stöðva	Italian: fermare, fermarsi	Japanese: 止める
Korean: 정지하다	Lithuanian: sustoti, sustabdyti	Latvian: apstādināt; apstāties
Malay: berhenti	Dutch: (doen) stoppen	Norwegian: stanse, stoppe (opp)
Polish: zatrzymać się	Persian: توقف کردن	Pashto: درول،دریدل،توقف کول
Portuguese: parar	Romanian: a (se) opri	Russian: останавливаться
Slovak: zastaviť (sa)	Slovenian: ustaviti (se)	Serbian: stati
Swedish: stanna	Thai: หยุด	Turkish: dur(dur)mak
Taiwanese: (使)停止前進	Ukrainian: затинатися, запинатися	Urdu: رکنا
Vietnamese: chặn lại	Chinese: （使）停止前进
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