Halt definition
The hikers halted for lunch and some rest.
The government hopes to halt tax fraud.
The car rolled to a halt when it stalled.
An example of halt is when you stop speaking to catch your breath.
An example of halt is when you cut off funding, stopping progress on development.
An example of halt is when you shout at people to stop immediately.
An example of halt is when you stop moving or proceeding with the action you were doing.
To halt in one's speech.
- To have a faulty meter.
- To be illogical.
The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.
- to order a stop, esp. temporarily
- those crippled by an injured or deformed leg or foot
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of halt
- German sing. imperative of halten to stop from Middle High German from Old High German haltan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English halten to limp from Old English healtian
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Old English haltian (“to be lame”), from Proto-Germanic *haltaz. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun.
From Wiktionary
- Old English healt (verb healtian), from Proto-Germanic *haltaz. Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
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