Halt

Verb

 * 1)  to stop either temporarily or permanently
 * 2)  to cause something to stop
 * 3)  to waver or be hesitant
 * 4) To limp.
 * 5) To waver, falter.
 * 1) To waver, falter.

Noun

 * 1) A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
 * 2) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
 * 3)  Lameness; a limp.
 * 1)  Lameness; a limp.
 * 1)  Lameness; a limp.

Adjectives for Halt
panting; dead.

Verbs for Halt
bring to—; call—; come to—; command—; earn—; fall to—; induce—; merit—; neces¬sitate—; plead for—; sound—; stumble to —; urge—; —refreshes; strengthens; — vivifies.

Adverbs for Halt
abruptly; irresolutely; awkwardly; instantaneously; jarringly; completely; permanently.

Synonyms for Halt
arrest, stand, stop, falter, limp, linger, check, hesitate, demur, doubt, pause, slammer, stutter, desist, cease, suspend, intermit, discontinue.

Antonyms for Halt
go, proceed, advance, continue, walk, run, move, persevere, endure, pursue.

Thesaurus
abandon, abort, afterthought, amble, arrest, arrestation, bad, barge, belay, bell, bind, blind alley, block, blockage, bowl along, box, brake, break, breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, bring to, bring up, bring up short, bundle, bureaucratic delay, calm, calm down, cancel, castrated, cease, cease fire, cessation, check, checkmate, cigarette break, close, clump, cocktail hour, coffee break, come up short, conclude, corner, cower, crippled, cul-de-sac, curb, cut it out, cut short, cutoff, dally, dam, dawdle, dead end, dead set, dead stand, dead stop, dead-end street, deadlock, debarment, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, desist, detention, determent, deterrence, die down, dillydally, disabled, discontinue, discouragement, dodder, double take, downtime, drag, dragging, draw rein, draw up, drop it, dwindle, dying down, ebb, ebbing, emasculated, end, endgame, ending, enforced respite, estoppel, extremity, falter, fetch up, final whistle, flag, flounce, foot, footslog, forbiddance, foreclosure, forestalling, freeze, full stop, game, give, give over, goof off, grinding halt, gun, halting, hamstrung, handicapped, hang fire, hang-up, happy hour, haul up, have done with, haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hindrance, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hobbling, hold, holdup, hole, hop, hum, hum and haw, impasse, incapacitated, interim, interlude, intermission, jam, jog, jolt, jump, knock it off, lag, lagging, lame, lay off, leave off, letup, limp, limping, linger, lock, lockout, logjam, loiter, lollygag, lull, lumber, lunge, lurch, maimed, mammer, mince, molder, moratorium, obstruction, obviation, pace, pacify, paddle, paperasserie, pause, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, preclusion, prevention, prohibition, pull up, put paid to, quiesce, quiet, quieten, quit, quiver, rack, recess, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, refrain, relinquish, renounce, reprieve, respite, rest, retardance, retardation, roll, sashay, saunter, scrub, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shamble, shilly-shally, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, sit-down strike, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow down, slow-up, slowdown, slowness, soothe, spavined, spell, stagger, stalemate, stalk, stall, stammer, stamp, stand, standoff, standstill, stay, stay of execution, stem, stem the tide, stick, stillstand, stomp, stop, stop cold, stop dead, stop short, stoppage, stopping, straddle, straggle, stride, strike, stroll, strut, stumble, stump, stutter, stymie, subside, subsidence, surcease, suspension, swagger, swing, tarry, tea break, teeter, terminate, termination, tie-up, time lag, time out, tittup, toddle, totter, trail, traipse, tranquilize, tremble, trip, trudge, waddle, wait, walkout, wamble, wane, waning, waste time, wiggle, wobble, work stoppage, wrap up

Etymology 1
halt: (imperative of halten:); haltan:. English usage circa 1598 in one sense, the intransitive verb sense wasn't used until 1656.

Etymology 2
healt: (verb healtian:), from. Cognate with Danish halt:, Swedish halt:.

Verb

 * Esperanto: halti
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, ,


 * Japanese: 停止する, 休止する
 * Norwegian:, bremse
 * Spanish:


 * Esperanto: haltigi
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, ,


 * Japanese: 押し止める, さまたげる
 * Norwegian:
 * Spanish:


 * German:, , ,
 * Japanese:


 * Norwegian: nøle, avvente

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, (temporary); , lopettaminen (permanent)


 * German:, ,


 * Finnish:


 * German: ,

Adjective

 * 1)  Lame, limping.
 * 2) * 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark IX:
 * It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell [...].

Anagrams

 * lath

Adjective

 * 1) high; elevated

Adverb

 * 1) loud; loudly

Derived terms

 * haltement

Adjective
halt


 * 1) lame

Etymology 1
From halten:

Interjection

 * 1) stop!, wait!

Adverb

 * 1)  just

Verb
halt


 * 1) died