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• end stop — ▪ literature       in prosody, a grammatical pause at the end of a line of verse, as in these lines from Alexander Pope (Pope, Alexander) s An Essay on Criticism: A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring …   Universalium

• stop — or [stäp] vt. stopped, stopping [ME stoppen < OE stoppian (in comp.) < WGmc stoppōn < VL * stuppare, to stop up, stuff < L stuppa < Gr styppē, tow < IE * stewe , to thicken, contract > Gr styphein, to contract, Sans stuka,… …   English World dictionary

• stop — 1. verb 1) we can t stop the decline Syn: put an end/stop/halt to, bring to an end/stop/halt/close/standstill, end, halt; finish, terminate, discontinue, cut short, interrupt, nip in the bud; deactivate, shut down Ant: start …   Thesaurus of popular words

• stop — Synonyms and related words: English horn, abandon, abjure, abort, afterthought, allophone, alveolar, anchorage, apico alveolar, apico dental, arrest, arrestation, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, awe, baffle, ban, bar, barricade, barrier,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• stop — verb (stops, stopping, stopped) 1》 come or cause to come to an end.     ↘discontinue an action, practice, or habit. 2》 prevent from happening or from doing something.     ↘instruct a bank to withhold payment on (a cheque).     ↘refuse to supply… …   English new terms dictionary

• end — noun 1》 the final part of something.     ↘the stopping of a state or situation: they called for an end to violence.     ↘a person s death or downfall. 2》 the furthest or most extreme part of something.     ↘either of two places linked by a… …   English new terms dictionary

• Stop-loss policy — Stop loss is a term primarily used in the United States military. In the U.S. military, it is the involuntary extension of a service member s active duty service under the enlistment contract in order to retain them beyond their initial end of… …   Wikipedia

• Stop motion — (or frame by frame) animation is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved by small amounts between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the… …   Wikipedia

• end*/*/*/ — [end] noun [C] I 1) the final part of a period of time We re going on holiday at the end of this month.[/ex] They ll make their decision at the very end of the week.[/ex] The work should be completed by the end of the year.[/ex] 2) the time when… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• end — end1 [end] n. [ME & OE ende, akin to Ger ende, Goth andeis < IE * antyos, opposite, lying ahead < * anti , opposite, facing (< base * ants, front, forehead) < OHG endi, forehead, Ger anti, L ante] 1. a limit or limiting part; point of …   English World dictionary

• stop — 1 vb stopped, stop·ping vt 1: to cause to halt stopped payment 2: to subject to a legal stop vi: to cease activity or motion stop 2 n: an act or inst …   Law dictionary