stop – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to stop behind
Participle: stopped behind
Gerund: stopping behind

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of stop

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	stop behind
we	Let's stop behind
you	stop behind

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

not to move

hold

come to a stand or standstill

stay

to stop moving

stick

to stop

anchor, cease, halt, end

to be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking

brake

to not continue

desist

to cause to cease moving

immobilize

to cause to come to an end

end

to tarry

tarry

to reside temporarily

sojourn

to finish (something)

conclude, consummate, discontinue, do, fullcome, round off, stay, terminate, end

to cease

blin, desist

come to a standstill

astand

to cease to proceed or act

absist, belay, blin, break off, cease, cess, cheese it, come to an end, desist, discontinue, forbear, halt, have done with, hold, leave off, let up, rest, stanch, staunch, stay, surcease, terminate

to stay somewhere temporarily

keep, quarter, sleep over, sojourn, stay, stay over, stop off, stop over, tarry

to keep under control

behedge, bind, chasten, check, contain, cork, curb, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, straiten, suppress, throttle, withhold, withstrain

to render motionless; to cause something to stop moving

arrest, draw up, freeze, halt, immobilize

to cease moving; to come to a stand or standstill

anchor, astand, blin, brake, cease, draw up, grind to a halt, halt, hold, stall, stay

To stop moving.

immobilize

To be without motion.

rest

halt

end, terminate, discontinue, arrest, restrain, interrupt, intermit, check

hinder

impede, obstruct, interrupt, prevent, thwart, delay, preclude, intercept

cease

end, desist, finish, quit, surrender, withdrawn, relinquish

Antonyms

to persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking

cease, desist, give up, quit, surrender, persevere, yield

to cease moving; to come to a stand or standstill

accelerate, continue, go, move, proceed

to pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another

desist, end, proceed

to encourage or persuade into action; to bring about a reaction

demotivate, discourage, halt, prevent, incite

halt

go, run, speed, career

hinder

assist, aid, advance, forward

cease

start, initiate, commence

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. -stoppian (in forstoppian "to stop up, stifle"), along with M.L.G. stoppen, O.H.G. stopfon (Ger. stopfen) a W.Gmc. borrowing from V.L. *stuppare "to stop or stuff with tow or oakum" (cf. It. stoppare, Fr. étouper "to stop with tow"), from L. stuppa "coarse part of flax, tow." Plugs made of tow were used from ancient times in Rhine valley. Sense of "bring or come to a halt" (1440) is from notion of preventing a flow by blocking a hole, and the word's development in this sense is unique to Eng., though it since has been widely adopted in other languages; perhaps infl. by L. stupere "be stunned, be stupefied." The noun is first recorded 1483. Stopper "glass plug for a bottle neck" is from 1667. Stopgap is from 1684. Stop-watch is from 1737. Phrase stop on a dime first attested 1964. Stop-and-go (adj.) is from 1926.
2. From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close”), *stuppijaną (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (“to push; stick”), from *(s)tew- (“to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit”).
3. Cognate with Saterland Frisian stopje (“to stop, block”), West Frisian stopje (“to stop”), Dutch stoppen (“to stop”), Low German stoppen (“to stop”), German stopfen (“to be filling, stuff”), German stoppen (“to stop”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål stoppe (“to stop”), Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stoppa (“to stop”), Middle High German stupfen, stüpfen (“to pierce”). More at stuff, stump.
4. Alternative etymology derives Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn from an assumed Vulgar Latin *stūpāre, *stuppāre (“to stop up with tow”), from stūpa, stīpa, stuppa (“tow, flax, oakum”), from Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē), στύππη (stúppē, “tow, flax, oakum”). This derivation, however, is doubtful, as the earliest instances of the Germanic verb do not carry the meaning of "stuff, stop with tow". Rather, these senses developed later in response to influence from similar sounding words in Latin and Romance. See: Middle English 'stoppen', Old English 'stoppian', Frisian, Saterlandic 'stopje', Dutch 'stoppen', Low Saxon 'stoppen', German, old spelling 'stopfen', German, old spelling 'stoppen', Middle High German 'stupfen'.

Verbs referencing "stop"

Irish stop, Tok Pisin stap, Sranan tapu, Hungarian stoppol, Albanian stopohem, Serbo-Croatian štopati, Serbo-Croatian штопати, Tok Pisin stapim, Finnish with old forms stopata.

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