Overview of verb halt

The verb halt has 4 senses

• halt, hold, arrest -- (cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses")


• stop, halt -- (come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window")


• stop, halt, block, kibosh -- (stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process")


• stem, stanch, staunch, halt -- (stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide")

Overview of adj halting

The adj halting has 2 senses

• crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game -- (disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg")


• halting -- (fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few halting words of sorrow")