Halt - Definition

adj 1: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a
game leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame,
gimpy, game]
n 1: 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" [syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay,
stop, stoppage]
2: the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the
bottom of the hill" [syn: stop, halt]
3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" [syn:
freeze, halt]
v 1: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress";
"halt the presses" [syn: halt, hold, arrest]
2: come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped
in front of a store window" [syn: stop, halt] [ant: get
going, go, start]
3: stop from happening or developing; "Block his election";
"Halt the process" [syn: stop, halt, block, kibosh]
4: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem
the tide" [syn: stem, stanch, staunch, halt]