Halt Definition

hôlt

halted, halting, halts

noun

halts

A stop, esp. a temporary one, as in marching; pause or discontinuance.

Webster's New World

A command to stop.

Webster's New World

Lameness.

Webster's New World

A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.

Wiktionary

A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.

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verb

halted, halting, halts

To come or bring to a halt; stop, esp. temporarily.

Webster's New World

To cause to stop.

The government hopes to halt tax fraud.

American Heritage

To walk with a crippled gait; limp; hobble.

Webster's New World

To stop; pause.

The hikers halted for lunch and some rest.

American Heritage

To be uncertain; waver; hesitate.

To halt in one's speech.

Webster's New World

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Synonyms:
limp
hobble
hitch
wobble
waver
vacillate
stagger
shilly-shally
pause
hesitate
falter
dither
dash the cup from one's lips
faze
tie one's hands

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adjective

Limping; crippled; lame.

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idiom

call a halt

to order a stop, esp. temporarily

Webster's New World

the halt

those crippled by an injured or deformed leg or foot

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Other Word Forms of Halt

Noun

Singular:

halt

Plural:

halts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Halt

call a halt
the halt

Origin of Halt

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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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
From French halte, from German Halt

From Wiktionary