n. the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen

n. a pace in dressage : horse should stand attentive, still and straight

n. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"

n. the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

n. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

n. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

n. any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

n. 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"

v. come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"

v. be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"

v. reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"

v. cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"

v. experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset"

v. extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"

v. enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "He came into contact with a terrorist group"; "The shoes came untied"

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

v. come to rest

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

v. be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"

v. to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"

v. come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"

v. from the flow of liquid, like blood, from a wound.

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

v. proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

adj. disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

n. a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"

n. act of putting off to a future time

n. a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

n. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

v. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

v. give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke"

v. send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness"

v. come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"

v. move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

v. direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds"

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

v. manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

v. become diminished

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

v. terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

v. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

v. end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

v. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

v. "The court adjourned"

v. make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"

v. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

v. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

v. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

v. put to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

v. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

v. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

v. replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"

v. cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

v. come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"

v. as pertaining to marriages.

v. be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting"

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

v. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

v. not move; be in a resting position

v. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"

adj. lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"

adj. of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"

adj. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"

adj. unsteady in speech or action

adj. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

adj. unable to speak freely and easily

adj. "the pay is unsatisfactory and the conditions are unacceptable"

v. be associated with; "French fries come with the hamburger"

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

v. come into fashion; become fashionable

v. come from

v. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

v. encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

v. come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"

v. come to the surface

v. be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

v. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

adj. mentally or physically unfit

adj. having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder

adj. characteristic of or affected with autism; "autistic behavior"; "autistic children"

adj. "has a bad back"

adj. have legs that curve outward at the knees

adj. (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth

adj. characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

adj. markedly unable to function as a consequence of injury or illness

adj. suffering from fallen arches

adj. (British informal) sore or lame; "a gammy foot"

adj. having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart

adj. (of horses) afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint

adj. having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)

adj. having a part of the body crippled or disabled

adj. unfit

adj. affected or subject to with paralysis

adj. suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

v. get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

v. begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

v. leave; "The family took off for Florida"

v. go away or leave

v. get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

v. retreat

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

v. become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

v. improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"

adj. lacking intellectual depth: "glib generalizations"; "shallow people"