Stop \Stop\, v. i.
   1. To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a
      stop.
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            He bites his lip, and starts;
            Stops on a sudden, looks upon the ground;
            Then lays his finger on his temple: strait
            Springs out into fast gait; then stops again.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. To cease from any motion, or course of action.
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            Stop, while ye may, suspend your mad career!
                                                  --Cowper.
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   3. To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to
      tarry; as, to stop with a friend. [Colloq.]
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            By stopping at home till the money was gone. --R. D.
                                                  Blackmore.
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   To stop over, to stop at a station or airport beyond the
      time of the departure of the train or airplane on which
      one came, with the purpose of continuing one's journey on
      a subsequent train or airplane; to break one's journey.
      See stopover, n.
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