ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Halt', Synonyms of 'Halt' & More on 'Halt'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

halt
    adj 1: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a
           game leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame,
           gimpy, game]
    n 1: 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" [syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay,
         stop, stoppage]
    2: the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the
       bottom of the hill" [syn: stop, halt]
    3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
       movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" [syn:
       freeze, halt]
    v 1: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress";
         "halt the presses" [syn: halt, hold, arrest]
    2: come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped
       in front of a store window" [syn: stop, halt] [ant: get
       going, go, start]
    3: stop from happening or developing; "Block his election";
       "Halt the process" [syn: stop, halt, block, kibosh]
    4: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem
       the tide" [syn: stem, stanch, staunch, halt]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt),
   3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
   [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), 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.
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         Without any halt they marched.           --Clarendon.
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         [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest,
         Yet in their march soon make a halt.     --Davenant.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Halt \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.
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   2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to
      hesitate; to be uncertain.
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            How long halt ye between two opinions? --1 Kings
                                                  xviii. 21.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), v. t. (Mil.)
   To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted
   his troops for refreshment.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Halt \Halt\, a. [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel.
   haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.]
   Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
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         Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt,
         and the blind.                           --Luke xiv.
                                                  21.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Halt \Halt\, n.
   The act of limping; lameness.
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8. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Halt \Halt\, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.]
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   1. To walk lamely; to limp.
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   2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
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            The blank verse shall halt for it.    --Shak.
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9. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Halt
   lame on the feet (Gen. 32:31; Ps. 38:17). To "halt between two
   opinions" (1 Kings 18:21) is supposed by some to be an
   expression used in "allusion to birds, which hop from spray to
   spray, forwards and backwards." The LXX. render the expression
   "How long go ye lame on both knees?" The Hebrew verb rendered
   "halt" is used of the irregular dance ("leaped upon") around the
   altar (ver. 26). It indicates a lame, uncertain gait, going now
   in one direction, now in another, in the frenzy of wild leaping.

Thesaurus Results for halt:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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