| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something that impedes or prevents entry or passage: bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, clog, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, traverse, wall. See HELP, OPEN. 2. A concluding or terminating: cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up. See CONTINUE. 3. Something used to fill a hole, space, or container: choke, cork, fill, plug, stopper. See FULL. 4. The act of stopping: cessation, check, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt1, stay1, stoppage, surcease. See CONTINUE. 5. The condition of being stopped: cessation, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt1, standstill, stoppage, surcease. See CONTINUE. | | VERB: | 1. To cease trying to accomplish or continue: abandon, break off, desist, discontinue, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, remit. Informal : swear off. Slang : lay off. Idioms: call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel. See CONTINUE. 2. To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example): break, cut out, give up, leave off. Slang : kick. See CONTINUE. 3. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container: block, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, fill, plug. See FULL. 4. To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt1, leave off, quit, stall1, surcease. Idioms: come to a halt (or standstill) (or stop) . See CONTINUE. 5. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt1, stall1, stay1, surcease. Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to. See CONTINUE. 6. To cause to cease regular activity: idle, immobilize, tie up. Idioms: bring to a screeching halt. See CONTINUE. 7. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize. By or in: call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, visit. Idioms: pay a visit. See SEEK.
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