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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, cause to stop |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, balk, bar, block, blow the whistle on, break off, bring to an end, bring to standstill, call it a day, cease, cease fire, check, close down, come to an end, cool it, curb*, cut short, desist, deter, draw up, drop anchor, end, frustrate, hamper, hold at bay, hold back, impede, intermit, interrupt, obstruct, pause, pull up, punctuate, put a cork in, rest, stall, stand still, stay, stem, stop, suspend, terminate, wait |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, forge, forward, push |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stagnate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate by lack of action |
| Synonyms: | constipate, decay, decline, fester, go to seed, hibernate, idle, languish, lie fallow, not move, putrefy, rot, rust, stall, stand, stand still, stifle, stultify, trammel, vegetate |
| Antonyms: | grow, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | stall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay for own purposes |
| Synonyms: | arrest, avoid the issue, beat around the bush, brake, check, die, drag one's feet, equivocate, fence, filibuster, halt, hamper, hedge, hinder, hold off, interrupt, not move, play for time, postpone, prevaricate, put off, quibble, shut down, slow, slow down, stand, stand off, stand still, stay, still, stonewall, stop, suspend, take one's time, tarry, temporize |
| Antonyms: | advance, allow, further, help |
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| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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at a loose ends, at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at one's ease, at rest, becalmed, calm, cataleptic, cubatory, deliberate, fixed, hypnagogic, immovable, leisurely, lodged, mawmsey, motionless, moveless, picktooth, quiescent, quiet, recumbent, reposing, restful, semisomnous, silent, sleeping, slow, somnifugous, stagnant, standing still, stationary, still, still as a mouse, still as a post, still as a statue, still as death, stock still, undisturbed, unmoved, unruffled, unstrained, untraveled
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