The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stop \Stop\, v. i.
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To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.
He bites his lip, and starts; Stops on a sudden, looks upon the ground; Then lays his finger on his temple: strait Springs out into fast gait; then stops again.
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To cease from any motion, or course of action.
Stop, while ye may, suspend your mad career!
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To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend. [Colloq.]
By stopping at home till the money was gone.
--R. D. Blackmore.To stop over, to stop at a station or airport beyond the time of the departure of the train or airplane on which one came, with the purpose of continuing one's journey on a subsequent train or airplane; to break one's journey. See stopover, n.
Usage examples of "to stop over".
We ain't s'posed to live here, we're s'posed to stop over for a while and then be gone.
They want me to stop over Sunday--I suppose it won't matter if I do.
He makes arrangements to stop over in Amsterdam for a night and a day on his way to an academic conference in Warsaw.