halt

IPA: hˈɔɫt

A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
(rail transport) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
(dated) Lameness; a limp.

(intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.
(intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
(intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
To waver.
To falter.
(intransitive) To stop marching.
(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
(transitive) To bring to a stop.
(transitive) To cause to discontinue.

Examples of "halt" in Sentences

Having the sun and moon halt is extraordinarily uncommon.
Even a short halt is a reminder of the leverage Pakistan has over the United States at a crucial time in the 9-year-old war.
As he requested, they called a halt to the federal government s cruel plan to take 202 chimpanzees and subject them once again to years of experiments.
As he requested, they called a halt to the federal government's cruel plan to take 202 chimpanzees and subject them once again to years of experiments.
As his successor was calling a halt to budget negotiations with Republicans on a June special election at the end of last month, former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in London for the gala honoring his friend Mikhail Gorbachev's 80th birthday.
Brian Strutton, the GMB union's national secretary for public services, said: Is Mr Alexander saying in reaction to the way some unions are proceeding, what we are going to do is call a halt to these negotiations, so for the majority like me, who are trying to negotiate our way through this, the government is actually switching me off, actually pushing me in the dispute camp?