'Halt' definitions:
Definition of 'halt'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game]
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" [syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage]
noun
The event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill" [syn: stop, halt]
noun
An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" [syn: freeze, halt]
verb
Cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" [syn: halt, hold, arrest]
verb
Come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" [syn: stop, halt] [ant: get going, go, start]
verb
Stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" [syn: stop, halt, block, kibosh]
verb
Definition of 'Halt'
From: GCIDE
- Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), v. t. (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Halt'
From: GCIDE
- Halt \Halt\, a. [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.] Halting or stopping in walking; lame. [1913 Webster]
- Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. --Luke xiv. 21. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Halt'
From: GCIDE
- Halt \Halt\, n. The act of limping; lameness. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Halt'
From: GCIDE
- Halt \Halt\, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To walk lamely; to limp. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. [1913 Webster]
- The blank verse shall halt for it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Halt'
From: GCIDE
- Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt),
- 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Halt'
From: GCIDE
- Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), n. [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See Hold.] A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. [1913 Webster]
- Without any halt they marched. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon make a halt. --Davenant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Halt'
From: GCIDE
- Halt \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain. [1913 Webster]
- How long halt ye between two opinions? --1 Kings xviii. 21. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'halt'
From: Easton
- Halt lame on the feet (Gen. 32:31; Ps. 38:17). To "halt between two opinions" (1 Kings 18:21) is supposed by some to be an expression used in "allusion to birds, which hop from spray to spray, forwards and backwards." The LXX. render the expression "How long go ye lame on both knees?" The Hebrew verb rendered "halt" is used of the irregular dance ("leaped upon") around the altar (ver. 26). It indicates a lame, uncertain gait, going now in one direction, now in another, in the frenzy of wild leaping.
Synonyms of 'halt'
From: Moby 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