take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
the state of inactivity following an interruption;
CEASE
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
STOP
CORK
a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
a port city in southern Ireland
outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"
close a bottle with a cork
DEPOT
a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
DESIST
choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
Stop quit
DIE
cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts"
be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame; "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show"
languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"
a device used for shaping metal
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necess
END
the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town"
either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"
the surfac
HALT
disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
the event of something ending;
the state of inactivity following an interruption;
stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
LETUP
a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"
PREVENT
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"