1. halt - verb
· cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
Hypernym(s): stop
2. halt - verb
· come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
Synonym(s): stop
3. 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
4. halt - verb
· stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
Synonym(s): stem, stanch, staunch
Hypernym(s): check
5. halting - adjective
· disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
Synonym(s): crippled, halt, lame, gimpy, game
6. halting - adjective
· fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few halting words of sorrow"
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