to stop is a form of:
Stop
noun
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការឈប់, ចំណត
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- (1. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped; cessation. 2. A finish; an end. 3. A stay or visit, as one taken during a trip. 4. A place at which someone or something stops: a regular stop on my paper route; a bus stop) ការឈប់ come to a stop ជំហប់ put a stop to បញ្ឈប់ barrel stop ឆ្នុក, full stop ខណ្ឌ
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- (PHONETIC) Voiceless stop ព្យញ្ជនៈដែលមានខ្យល់ទប់
verb — past tense: stopped ; past participle: stopped ; present participle: stopping ;
- 1.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ឈប់, បញ្ឈប់
- 2.
- ឈប់បញ្ឈប់, បង្អាក់
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to keep back, to cause moving, to cease motion operating, to come to an end, to stay for a while, to leave off; to come to a halt, to check the motion of; to keep from going forward, to obstruct, to impede; bring to an end) stop smoking ឈប់ stop a car បញ្ឈប់ stop a leak ទប់ stop a check ប្រាប់កុំអោយបើកអោយ, stop up (a hold) ធ្វើអោយជិត
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- (INTRANSITIVE) (to cease to halt. -stop, down to reduce the aperture of a camera. -stop off to stop temporarily, to prevent) cars stop ឈប noises stop បាត់, លេង (ឮ ។ល។), stop over ឈប់សំណាក់ (ស្នាក់)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.
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- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction.
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- A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
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- The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated.
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- In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop.
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- A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.
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- A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation.
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- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
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- The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.
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- Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed.
verb — past tense: stopped ; past participle: stopped ; present participle: stopping ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To point, as a composition; to punctuate.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To make fast; to stopper.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To cease from any motion, or course of action.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend.