'Interrupt' definitions:

Definition of 'interrupt'

From: WordNet
noun
A signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
verb
Make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" [syn: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off]
verb
Destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading" [syn: interrupt, disturb]
verb
Interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone" [syn: interrupt, disrupt]
verb
Terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" [syn: interrupt, break]

Definition of 'Interrupt'

From: GCIDE
  • Interrupt \In`ter*rupt"\, p. a. [L. interruptus, p. p.] Broken; interrupted. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Interrupt'

From: GCIDE
  • Interrupt \In`ter*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interrupting.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break. See Rupture.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks of anyone speaking. [1913 Webster]
  • Do not interrupt me in my course. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill. [1913 Webster]