1. halt - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
Hypernym(s): inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
2. halt - noun
· the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
Synonym(s): stop
Hypernym(s): ending, conclusion, finish
3. halt - noun
· an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
Synonym(s): freeze
Hypernym(s): pause
4. halt - verb
· cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
Hypernym(s): stop
5. halt - verb
· come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
Synonym(s): stop
6. halt - verb
· stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
Synonym(s): stop, block, kibosh
Hypernym(s): prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
7. halt - verb
· stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
Synonym(s): stem, stanch, staunch
Hypernym(s): check
8. halt - adjective
· disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
Synonym(s): crippled, halting, lame, gimpy, game
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