HALT

crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game

(adjective) disabled in the feet or legs; “a crippled soldier”; “a game leg”

freeze, halt

(noun) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; “a halt in the arms race”; “a nuclear freeze”

stop, halt

(noun) the event of something ending; “it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill”

arrest, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage

(noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption; “the negotiations were in arrest”; “held them in check”; “during the halt he got some lunch”; “the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow”; “he spent the entire stop in his seat”

stem, stanch, staunch, halt

(verb) stop the flow of a liquid; “staunch the blood flow”; “stem the tide”

halt, hold, arrest

(verb) cause to stop; “Halt the engines”; “Arrest the progress”; “halt the presses”

stop, halt

(verb) come to a halt, stop moving; “the car stopped”; “She stopped in front of a store window”

stop, halt, block, kibosh

(verb) stop from happening or developing; “Block his election”; “Halt the process”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)

(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.

Etymology 2

Verb

halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)

(intransitive) To stop marching.

(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.

(transitive) To bring to a stop.

(transitive) To cause to discontinue.

Synonyms

• (to stop marching)

• (to stop): brake, desist, stay; See also stop

• (to cause something to stop): freeze, immobilize; See also immobilize

• (to cause to discontinue): break off, terminate, shut down, stop; See also desist

Noun

halt (plural halts)

A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

(rail) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

Synonyms

• (cessation: temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also pause

• (cessation: permanent): close, endpoint, terminus; see also finish

Etymology 3

Adjective

halt (comparative more halt, superlative most halt)

(archaic) Lame, limping.

Noun

halt (plural halts)

(dated) Lameness; a limp.

Anagrams

• lath, thal

Source: Wiktionary

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Halt,

Definition: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Halt, n. Etym: [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See Hold.]

Definition: A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. Without any halt they marched. Clarendon. [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon make a halt. Davenant.

Halt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halted; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.]

1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to h How long halt ye between two opinions 1 Kings xviii. 21

Halt, v. t. (Mil.)

Definition: To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.

Halt, a. Etym: [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.]

Definition: Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.

Halt, n.

Definition: The act of limping; lameness.

Halt, v. i. Etym: [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.]

1. To walk lamely; to limp.

2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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