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halt

/hɔːlt/

Phonetics

/hɔːlt/

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verb

  • To limp; move with a limping gait.

  • To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.

  • To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.

  • To waver.

  • To falter.


halt

/hɔːlt/

Phonetics

/hɔːlt/

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noun

  • A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

    Example: The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.
  • A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

    Example: The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.

verb

  • To stop marching.

  • To stop either temporarily or permanently.

  • To bring to a stop.

  • To cause to discontinue.

    Example: The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.

halt

/hɔːlt/

Phonetics

/hɔːlt/

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noun

  • Lameness; a limp.


adjective

  • Lame, limping.