Halt

Quick meaning: Halt is a verb meaning (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.

Meaning

(intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
2. (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
3. To waver.
4. To falter.
5. (intransitive) To stop marching.
6. (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
7. (transitive) To bring to a stop.

Example Sentences

Without any halt they marched.

How long halt ye between two opinions?

The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.

The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.

Word Forms

• halts
• halting
• halted

Synonyms for halt

Depending on context, synonyms include pause, brake, desist, stay, freeze, immobilize.

Antonyms for halt

Common opposites include start, go.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lame, crippled, stanch, kibosh, stoppage, stop.

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