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(adj)
(colloquial) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
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(usually offensive) Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
(v)
To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
(n)
(slang) Chiefly in put on the kibosh or put the kibosh on: something which checks or restrains.
A pause or halt of some activity.
(intransitive) To cease moving.
Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
To conclude or resolve (something):
(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
(figuratively) Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
An inspection or examination.
The motion of one who limps.
(offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
(transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
Alternative form of letup. [A pause or period of slackening.]
(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
A pause or period of slackening.
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
(figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.
The state of being stagnant, without circulation.
The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
Complete immobility; a halt.
A period of rest or soothing.
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
The act or instance of suppressing.
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
(intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
An interruption, break, pause or absence.
(transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.
(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
(transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
The act of something that stops; a halt.
(transitive) To prevent something from happening.
(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
To halt something temporarily.
Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.
(ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
(transitive) To control or keep in check.
(formal, intransitive) To stop.
The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.
(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
(formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.
The act of stopping producing or supplying a product.
A cessation.
(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
striking, gripping
(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle and gerund of combat
The termination of employment, initiated by the employee.
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
(usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
(intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
(intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
(of a meeting, event or trial) Having been adjourned; suspended or paused.
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
A termination or conclusion.
The terminal point of something in space or time.
(transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
(countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
(transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
An act of reversal.