HALT
Dictionary entry overview: What does halt mean?
• HALT (noun)
The noun HALT has 3 senses:
1. the state of inactivity following an interruption
2. the event of something ending
3. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
Familiarity information: HALT used as a noun is uncommon.
• HALT (adjective)
The adjective HALT has 1 sense:
1. disabled in the feet or legs
Familiarity information: HALT used as an adjective is very rare.
• HALT (verb)
The verb HALT has 4 senses:
1. cause to stop
2. come to a halt, stop moving
3. stop from happening or developing
4. stop the flow of a liquid
Familiarity information: HALT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HALT (noun)
Meaning:
The state of inactivity following an interruption
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
stoppage; halt; arrest; hitch; stay; stop; check
Context 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
Hypernyms ("halt" is a kind of...):
inaction; inactiveness; inactivity (the state of being inactive)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "halt"):
countercheck (a check that restrains another check)
logjam (any stoppage attributable to unusual activity)
Meaning:
The event of something ending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
stop; halt
Context example:
it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
Hypernyms ("halt" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "halt"):
cessation; surcease (a stopping)
stand; standstill; tie-up (an interruption of normal activity)
Meaning:
An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
freeze; halt
Context examples:
a halt in the arms race / a nuclear freeze
Hypernyms ("halt" is a kind of...):
pause (temporary inactivity)
• HALT (adjective)
Meaning:
Disabled in the feet or legs
Synonyms:
crippled; game; gimpy; halt; halting; lame
Context examples:
a crippled soldier / a game leg
Similar:
unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)
• HALT (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to stop
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
halt; arrest; hold
Context examples:
Halt the engines / Arrest the progress / halt the presses
Hypernyms (to "halt" is one way to...):
stop (cause to stop)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They halt the animals
Meaning:
Come to a halt, stop moving
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
stop; halt
Context examples:
the car stopped / She stopped in front of a store window
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "halt"):
settle (come to rest)
brake (stop travelling by applying a brake)
draw up; haul up; pull up (come to a halt after driving somewhere)
stall (experience a stall in flight, of airplanes)
conk; stall (come to a stop)
rein; rein in (stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins)
check (abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey, of falcons)
check (stop in a chase especially when scent is lost)
check (stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution)
pull up short (stop abruptly)
go off (stop running, functioning, or operating)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
They halt the animals
These cars won't halt
Meaning:
Stop from happening or developing
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
kibosh; stop; halt; block
Context examples:
Block his election / Halt the process
Hypernyms (to "halt" is one way to...):
forbid; foreclose; forestall; preclude; prevent (keep from happening or arising; make impossible)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "halt"):
embargo (prevent commerce)
stay (stop a judicial process)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Stop the flow of a liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
stanch; staunch; stem; halt
Context examples:
staunch the blood flow / them the tide
Hypernyms (to "halt" is one way to...):
check (arrest the motion (of something) abruptly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
