Word

halt, v.
(halted, halting, halts)
freq. cnt. 19

cause to stop
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

arrest halt hold

sample sentences

"Halt the engines"
"Arrest the progress"
"halt the presses"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
They %s the animals

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
They %s the animals

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

halt halt halt

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hold

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

arrester

semantic pointers

hypernym

stop

come to a halt, stop moving
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 64 freq. cnt.: 57 freq. cnt.: 7

halt stop

sample sentences

"the car stopped"
"She stopped in front of a store window"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
They %s the animals
These cars won't %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
They %s the animals
These cars won't %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stop

antonym

start

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

halt halt halt

semantic pointers

hyponym

go off pull up short check check check rein in, rein stall, conk stall pull up, haul up, draw up brake settle

stop from happening or developing
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 30 freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

block halt kibosh stop

sample sentences

"Block his election"
"Halt the process"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They %s him from writing the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They %s him from writing the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stop

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

halt halt

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

blockage

semantic pointers

hyponym

embargo stay

hypernym

prevent, forestall, preclude, foreclose, forbid

stop the flow of a liquid
<verb.change>

halt stanch staunch stem

sample sentences

"staunch the blood flow"
"stem the tide"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

halt

semantic pointers

hypernym

check