Stop is a 4 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter P for which we found 5 definitions.
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(v. t.) To close as an aperture by filling or by obstructing; as to stop the ears; hence to stanch as a wound. |
(v. t.) To obstruct; to render impassable; as to stop a way road or passage. |
(v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream or a flow of blood. |
(v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as to stop the execution of a decree the progress of vice the approaches of old age or infirmity. |
(v. t.) To regulate the sounds of as musical strings by pressing them against the finger board with the finger or by shortening in any way the vibrating part. |
The word stop is a 4 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for stop is: stop