Halt word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "halt" word
Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[noun] the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
[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"
[adjective] disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
[verb] cause to stop or halt; "Halt the engine"
[verb] as of the flow of a liquid flowing, such as blood from a wound
[verb] cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
[verb] come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
[verb] come to rest
[verb] stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
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\Halt\, 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. 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 hesitate; to be uncertain. How long halt ye between two opinions? --1 Kings xviii. 21
\Halt\, v. t. (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
\Halt\, a. [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.] 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. The act of limping; lameness.
\Halt\, v. i. [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.
Synonyms for halt
arrest, arrest, block, check, crippled, freeze, game, halting, hitch, hold, kibosh, lame, stanch, staunch, stay, stem, stop, stop, stop, stoppage, unfit
Antonyms: get going, go, start
See also: brake | cessation | check | check | conclusion | conk | deadlock | draw up | embargo | ending | finish | forbid | foreclose | forestall | go off | halt | haul up | impasse | inaction | inactiveness | inactivity | logjam | pause | preclude | prevent | pull up | pull up short | rein | rein in | settle | stalemate | stall | stand | standstill | standstill | stay | stop | stop | surcease | tie-up |
Related terms: abandon, bind, blind alley, break, breathing place, breathing time, bring up short, cancel, castrated, dead-end street, dead end, ebb, handicapped, haw, holdup, hop, interlude, lunge, obviation, prance, prohibition, rack, shamble, sidle, sit-down strike, subsidence, termination, tranquilize, trip, wiggle
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Let's analyse "halt" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TLAH. Average typing speed for these characters is 1135 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
halt: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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