stop

verb (FINISH)

/stɒp/

/stɑːp/ (-pp-)

Definition

A1 [I or T] to finish doing something that you were doing: Once I start eating chocolate, I can't stop. [+ -ing verb] Stop shouting - you're giving me a headache! I couldn't stop laughing. Stop it!/Stop that!Causing something to endComing to an end B1 [I or T] to not continue to operate: My watch must have stopped. The air conditioner has stopped working.Not functioning B1 [I or T] to not move any more or to make someone or something not move any more: Stop the car, I want to get out! I heard him shout "Stop, or I'll shoot!"Immobility A1 [I + -ing verb] to finish doing something that you do regularly or as a habit: Apparently she's stopped drinking. I stopped seeing him last year.Causing something to endComing to an end A2 [I] to pause in a journey or an activity for a short time: Does this train stop at Finsbury Park? Why don't you just stop somewhere and ask for directions? [+ to infinitive] I stopped to pick up a letter that I'd dropped.Cancelling and interrupting

(Definition of stop verb (FINISH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)