halt
     adj : disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game
           leg" [syn: {crippled}, {halting}, {lame}, {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}, {hitch}, {stay},
           {stop}, {stoppage}]
     2: the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the
        bottom of the hill" [syn: {stop}]
     3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
        movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
        [syn: {freeze}]
     v 1: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress";
          "halt the presses" [syn: {hold}, {arrest}]
     2: come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped
        in front of a store window" [syn: {stop}] [ant: {start}]
     3: stop from happening or developing; "Block his election";
        "Halt the process" [syn: {stop}, {block}, {kibosh}]
     4: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them
        the tide" [syn: {stem}, {stanch}, {staunch}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0