stop

put an end to a state or an activity

stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

interrupt a trip

“we stopped at Aunt Mary's house”

seize on its way

a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

“his stop consonants are too aspirated”

come to a halt, stop moving

“the car stopped”

the event of something ending

“it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill”

a brief stay in the course of a journey

“they made a stopover to visit their friends”

a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

“in England they call a period a stop”

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of