adj
Meaning 1
Lame, limping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
halt
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɒlt/
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɔːlt/
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/hɔlt/ US, lot–cloth split
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General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: /hɑlt/ of Canada
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Canada, dialectal: /hɒlt/ of the US
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Australian: /hɔlt/
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rhymes with -ɒlt
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CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 L T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
Examples
- The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Lameness; a limp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Acronym of hungry, angry, lonely, (or) tired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To limp; move with a limping gait.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To waver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To falter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
To stop marching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
To stop either temporarily or permanently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To bring to a stop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
To cause to discontinue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Examples
- The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 16
disabled in the feet or legs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a crippled soldier
- a game leg
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crippled, halting, lame, gimpy, game
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a halt in the arms race
- a nuclear freeze
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: freeze
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pause
noun
Meaning 18
the event of something ending
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ending, conclusion, finish
Narrower terms: cessation, surcease, stand, standstill, tie-up
noun
Meaning 19
the state of inactivity following an interruption
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
Narrower terms: countercheck, logjam
verb
Meaning 20
stop the flow of a liquid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stem, stanch, staunch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: check
verb
Meaning 21
cause to stop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Halt the engines
- Arrest the progress
- halt the presses
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hold, arrest
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stop
verb
Meaning 22
come to a halt, stop moving
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the car stopped
- She stopped in front of a store window
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stop
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: go off, pull up short, check, rein, rein in, stall, conk, draw up, pull up, haul up, brake, settle
verb
Meaning 23
stop from happening or developing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Block his election
- Halt the process
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stop, block, kibosh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Narrower terms: embargo, stay
History
Etymology
From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information).
Borrowed from French halte. See also Etymology 2.
From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *haltōn, related to *halt. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta.
Across languages
Translations
114 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: դադար (dadar) — cessation
- Bulgarian: спиране (spirane) — cessation
- Esperanto: halto — cessation
- Finnish: pysähtyminen — cessation
- Finnish: pysähdys — cessation
- Finnish: loppu — cessation
- Finnish: lopettaminen — cessation
- German: Halt — cessation
- German: Blockierung — cessation
- German: Pause — cessation
- Macedonian: запи́рање (zapíranje) — cessation
- Macedonian: за́стој (zástoj) — cessation
- Romanian: oprire — cessation
- Spanish: alto — cessation
- Spanish: halto — cessation
- Armenian: կիսակայարան (kisakayaran) — minor railway station
- Basque: geraleku — minor railway station
- Bulgarian: спирка (spirka) — minor railway station
- Catalan: baixador — minor railway station
- Catalan: peu — minor railway station
- Dutch: halte — minor railway station
- Esperanto: trajnhaltejo — minor railway station
- Finnish: seisake — minor railway station
- French: halte — minor railway station
- Galician: apeadoiro — minor railway station
- Galician: apeadeiro — minor railway station
- German: Halteplatz — minor railway station
- German: Haltestelle — minor railway station
- Hungarian: megállóhely — minor railway station
- Indonesian: halte — minor railway station
- Macedonian: по́стојка (póstojka) — minor railway station
- Portuguese: apeadeiro — minor railway station
- Romanian: haltă — minor railway station
- Russian: полустанок (polustanok) — minor railway station
- Spanish: apeadero — minor railway station
- Bulgarian: отлагам (otlagam) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Bulgarian: прекъсвам (prekǎsvam) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Bulgarian: слагам на трупчета (slagam na trupčeta) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Bulgarian: спирам (spiram) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Cornish: hedhi — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Danish: skrinlægge — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Esperanto: halti — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Finnish: hyllyttää — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Finnish: pysähtyä — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Finnish: seisahtua — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- French: faire halte — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- French: suspendre — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- German: anhalten — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- German: stoppen — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- German: rasten — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Irish: tarraing suas — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Italian: accantonare — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Italian: fermare — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Italian: riporre — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Japanese: 休止する (kyūshisuru) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Japanese: 停止する (teishisuru) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Latin: subsisto — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Macedonian: за́пира (zápira) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Macedonian: за́пре (zápre) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Malayalam: നിർത്തുക (niṟttuka) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Māori: urutū — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Norwegian: bremse — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Norwegian: stoppe — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Norwegian Bokmål: henlegge — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Norwegian Bokmål: skrinlegge — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Polish: odkładać na półkę — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Portuguese: estagnar — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Quechua: sayay — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Romanian: opri — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Russian: класть на полку (klastʹ na polku) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Russian: встать — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Russian: замереть (zameretʹ) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Russian: замирать (zamiratʹ) — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Spanish: cajonear — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Spanish: dar carpetazo — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Spanish: engavetar — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Spanish: parar — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Swedish: skrinlägga — to stop either temporarily or permanently
- Bulgarian: спирам (spiram) — to cause something to stop
- Esperanto: haltigi — to cause something to stop
- Finnish: pysäyttää — to cause something to stop
- Finnish: seisauttaa — to cause something to stop
- French: arrêter — to cause something to stop
- French: halter — to cause something to stop
- French: stopper — to cause something to stop
- German: anhalten — to cause something to stop
- German: stoppen — to cause something to stop
- German: stocken — to cause something to stop
- Ingrian: piättää — to cause something to stop
- Ingrian: asettaa — to cause something to stop
- Ingrian: seisottaa — to cause something to stop
- Irish: tarraing suas — to cause something to stop
- Italian: fermare — to cause something to stop
- Japanese: 押し止める (oshitodomeru) — to cause something to stop
- Japanese: さまたげる (samatageru) — to cause something to stop
- Macedonian: за́пира (zápira) — to cause something to stop
- Macedonian: за́пре (zápre) — to cause something to stop
- Malayalam: നിർത്തുക (niṟttuka) — to cause something to stop
- Māori: urutū — to cause something to stop
- Norwegian: stoppe — to cause something to stop
- Quechua: sayay — to cause something to stop
- Romanian: opri — to cause something to stop
- Russian: остана́вливать (ostanávlivatʹ) — to cause something to stop
- Spanish: parar — to cause something to stop
- Swedish: stoppa — to cause something to stop
- Bulgarian: колебая се (kolebaja se) — to waver or be hesitant
- German: anhalten — to waver or be hesitant
- German: stoppen — to waver or be hesitant
- German: stocken — to waver or be hesitant
- German: zögern — to waver or be hesitant
- Japanese: ためらう (tamerau) — to waver or be hesitant
- Macedonian: се дво́уми (se dvóumi) — to waver or be hesitant
- Norwegian: nøle — to waver or be hesitant
- Norwegian: avvente — to waver or be hesitant