Definition of halts Halts
/hɔˈlts/ - [holts] -
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What does halts mean?
Wiktionary 
- halts (Noun)
Plural of halt.
Part of speech
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| halt - cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" | ||
| hold, arrest | ||
| stop cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" | ||
| halt - come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" | ||
| stop | ||
| get going, start, go play in the starting lineup | ||
| go off be discharged or activated; "the explosive devices went off" | ||
| pull up short stop abruptly; "The police car pulled up short and then turned around fast" | ||
| check make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" | ||
| check make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" | ||
| check make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" | ||
| rein in, rein stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office" | ||
| conk, stall hit, especially on the head; "The stranger conked him and he fainted" | ||
| stall deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling" | ||
| haul up, pull up, draw up come to a halt after driving somewhere; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us" | ||
| brake cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve" | ||
| settle take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" | ||
| halt - stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" | ||
| stop, block, kibosh | ||
| forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" | ||
| embargo prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya" | ||
| stay 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" | ||
| halt - stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" | ||
| stem, stanch, staunch | ||
| check make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" | ||
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Wiktionary
- halt (Noun)
A cessation, either temporary or permanent. - halt (Noun)
A minor railway station usually unstaffed in the United Kingdom. - halt (Noun)
Lameness; a limp. - halt (Verb)
To stop marching. - halt (Verb)
To stop either temporarily or permanently. - halt (Verb)
To bring to a stop. - halt (Verb)
To cause to discontinue. - halt (Verb)
To limp. - halt (Verb)
To waver. - halt (Verb)
To falter. - halt (Adjective)
Lame, limping.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- halt
3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. - halt (n.)
A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. - halt (v. i.)
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. - halt (v. i.)
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain. - halt (v. t.)
To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment. - halt (a.)
Halting or stopping in walking; lame. - halt (n.)
The act of limping; lameness. - halt (a.)
To walk lamely; to limp. - halt (a.)
To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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halt
To cause to stop (e.g. an engine or a machine).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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halt
hawlt, v.i. to stop from going on: (mil.) to stop in a march.—v.t. to stop.—n. (mil.) a stop in marching. [Orig. a Ger. military term, halt, stoppage.] -
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hawlt, n. a halting or limping.—adj. lame, crippled, limping.—v.i. to be lame, to limp: to walk unsteadily: to vacillate: to proceed lamely or imperfectly, to be at fault, as in logic, rhythm, &c.—ns. Halt′ing; Halt′ing-place. [A.S. halt, healt; Dan. and Sw. halt.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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halt
(Fr. halte). The discontinuance of the march of any body of men, armed or unarmed, under military direction. Frequent halts are necessary for the purpose of resting troops during their progress through a country, or to render them fresh and active previous to any warlike undertaking. It is likewise a word of command in familiar use. See MARCH.
