Definitions for halt
hɔlthalt

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppagenoun

   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. stop, haltnoun

   the event of something ending

   "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

3. freeze, haltadjective

   an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

   "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"

4. crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameverb

   disabled in the feet or legs

   "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

5. halt, hold, arrestverb

   cause to stop

   "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"

6. stop, haltverb

   come to a halt, stop moving

   "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

7. stop, halt, block, kiboshverb

   stop from happening or developing

   "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

8. stem, stanch, staunch, haltverb

   stop the flow of a liquid

   "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Haltadjective

   Lame; crippled.

   Etymology: from the verb

   Bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the halt, and the blind. Lu. xiv. 21.

2. Haltnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. The act of limping; the manner of limping.2. [ Alte, French.]A stop in a march.

   The heav’nly bands
   Down from a sky of jasper lighted now
   In Paradise, and on a hill made halt. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Scouts each coast light armed scour
   Each quarter to descry the distant foe,
   Where lodg’d, or whether fled, or if for fight
   In motion, or in halt. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi.

   Without any halt they marched between the two armies. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   He might have made a halt ’till his foot and artillery came up to him. Edward Hyde, b. ii.

3. To Haltverb

   Etymology: healtt, Saxon, lame; healtan , to limp.

   1. To limp; to be lame.

   And will she yet debase her eyes
   On me, that halt and am mis-shapen thus? William Shakespeare, R. III.

   Thus inborn broils the factions would engage,
   Or wars of exil’d heirs, or foreign rage,
   ’Till halting vengeance overtook our age. Dryden.

   Edmund Spenser himself affects the obsolete,
   And Philip Sidney’s verse halts ill on Roman feet. Alexander Pope.

   2. To stop in a march.

   I was forced to halt in this perpendicular march. Addison.

   3. To hesitate; to stand dubious.

   How long halt ye between two opinions? 1. Kings xviii.

   4. To fail; to faulter.

   Here’s a paper written in his hand;
   A halting sonnet of his own pure brain,
   Fashion’d to Beatrice. William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing.

   All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him. Jer.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. halt

   To halt means to stop, pause, cease, or suspend movement, action or progress. It can also refer to a sudden stop or pause of a process, system, series of events, or an operation. It is used in both physical and abstract contexts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Halt

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

2. Haltnoun

   a stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress

3. Haltverb

   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

4. Haltverb

   to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain

5. Haltverb

   to cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment

6. Haltadjective

   halting or stopping in walking; lame

7. Haltnoun

   the act of limping; lameness

8. Haltadjective

   to walk lamely; to limp

9. Haltadjective

   to have an irregular rhythm; to be defective

10. Etymology: [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Halt

   hawlt, v.i. to stop from going on: (mil.) to stop in a march.—v.t. to stop.—n. (mil.) a stop in marching. [Orig. a Ger. military term, halt, stoppage.]

2. Halt

   hawlt, n. a halting or limping.—adj. lame, crippled, limping.—v.i. to be lame, to limp: to walk unsteadily: to vacillate: to proceed lamely or imperfectly, to be at fault, as in logic, rhythm, &c.—ns. Halt′ing; Halt′ing-place. [A.S. halt, healt; Dan. and Sw. halt.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. halt

   (Fr. halte). The discontinuance of the march of any body of men, armed or unarmed, under military direction. Frequent halts are necessary for the purpose of resting troops during their progress through a country, or to render them fresh and active previous to any warlike undertaking. It is likewise a word of command in familiar use. See March.

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HALT

   What does HALT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HALT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Halt

   Halt vs. Halter -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Halt and Halter.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HALT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Halt is ranked #48347 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Halt surname appeared 437 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Halt.
   
   91.5% or 400 total occurrences were White.
   4.5% or 20 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.1% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Ending
   • Stop

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'halt' in Nouns Frequency: #2730

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'halt' in Verbs Frequency: #857

Anagrams for halt »

1. lath

How to pronounce halt?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say halt in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of halt in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of halt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of halt in a Sentence

1. Jeff Harte:

   Sustainability for advisory revenue will be a question. Volatility for a little bit does n’t derail the cycle, but if it continues for an extended period of time it gets more concerning, at this point it wo n’t halt the market, but with every month that goes by, it gets a little more worrying.

2. Omar Jadwat:

   Asylum seekers are being put at serious risk of harm every day that the forced return policy continues, notably, two of the three judges that heard this request found that there are serious legal problems with what the government is doing, so there is good reason to believe that ultimately this policy will be put to a halt.

3. The US:

   We have made our demands very clear to the ayatollah and his cronies : end Read MoreNoting pursuit of nuclear weapons, stop testing and proliferating ballistic missiles, stop sponsoring and committing terrorism, halt the arbitrary detention of The US citizens. Our pressure is aimed at ending these and others and it will continue to accelerate until Iran is willing to address them at the negotiating table.

4. Mark Rutte:

   No-one likes this, but theres really something bigger at stake. We have to stop the Netherlands from coming to a halt and jobs being lost unnecessarily.

5. Trey Claus:

   This might put a halt to our season, which is not a good thing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=halt
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=halt
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halt
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=halt
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html