(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When a person or a vehicle ~s or when something ~s them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still.
They ~ed at a short distance from the house...
She held her hand out flat, to ~ him.
VERB: V, V n
2.
When something such as growth, development, or activity ~s or when you ~ it, it stops completely.
Striking workers ~ed production at the auto plant yesterday...
The flow of assistance to Vietnam’s fragile economy from its ideological allies has virtually ~ed.
VERB: V n, V
3.
‘Halt!’ is a military order to stop walking or marching and stand still.
The colonel ordered ‘Halt!’
VERB: only imper, V
4.
If someone calls a ~ to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately.
The Russian government had called a ~ to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to n
5.
If someone or something comes to a ~, they stop moving.
The elevator creaked to a ~ at the ground floor.
PHRASE: PHR after v
6.
If something such as growth, development, or activity comes or grinds to a ~ or is brought to a ~, it stops completely.
Her political career came to a ~ in December 1988...
PHRASE: PHR after v