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Definitions for Halt

[1] to stop; cease moving, operating, etc., either permanently or temporarily: They halted for lunch and strolled about.
[2] to cause to stop temporarily or permanently; bring to a stop: They halted operations during contract negotiations.
[3] a temporary or permanent stop.
[4] (used as a command to stop and stand motionless, as to marching troops or to a fleeing suspect.)
[5] to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
[6] to be in doubt; waver between alternatives; vacillate.
[7] Archaic . to be lame; walk lamely; limp.
[8] Archaic . lame; limping.
[9] Archaic . lameness; a limp.
[10] (used with a plural verb ) lame people, especially severely lamed ones (usually preceded by the ): the halt and the blind.
[11] an interruption or end to activity, movement, or progress
[12] mainly British a minor railway station, without permanent buildings
[13] call a halt to put an end (to something); stop
[14] a command to halt, esp as an order when marching
[15] to come or bring to a halt
[16] (esp of logic or verse) to falter or be defective
[17] to waver or be unsure
[18] archaic to be lame
[19] archaic lame (as collective noun; preceded by the ) the halt
[20] archaic lameness

Words related to Halt

interruption, pause, standstill, letup, freeze, layoff, termination, cutoff, bar, suspend, end, arrest, terminate, stop, stem, adjourn, stall, cease, interrupt, curb

Words nearby Halt

halstead-reitan battery, halstead-reitan neuropsychological battery, halsted, halsted's operation, halsted's suture, halt, halter, haltere, halting, haltom city, halton

Origin of Halt

2before 900; Middle English; Old English healt; cognate with Old High German halz, Old Norse haltr, Gothic halts, akin to Latin clādēs damage, loss

Other words from Halt

halt·less , adjective

Word origin for Halt

Old English healt lame; related to Old Norse haltr, Old High German halz lame, Greek kólos maimed, Old Slavonic kladivo hammer

Synonyms for Halt

cutoff, freeze, interruption, layoff, letup, pause, standstill, termination, arrest, break, close, impasse, stand, stop, break-off, grinding halt, screaming halt, screeching halt