Halt meaning
The definition of halt is to hesitate, to put a stop to something or to come to a sudden stop.
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.
verb
A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one.
The car rolled to a halt when it stalled.
noun
To cause to stop.
The government hopes to halt tax fraud.
verb
To stop; pause.
The hikers halted for lunch and some rest.
verb
To walk lamely or move in an irregular fashion.
verb
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To proceed or act with uncertainty or indecision; waver.
verb
To be defective or proceed poorly, as in the development of an argument in logic or in the rhythmic structure of verse.
verb
Lame; crippled.
adjective
A stop, esp. a temporary one, as in marching; pause or discontinuance.
noun
A command to stop.
noun
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To come or bring to a halt; stop, esp. temporarily.
verb
To walk with a crippled gait; limp; hobble.
verb
To be uncertain; waver; hesitate.
To halt in one's speech.
verb
To have defects.
- To have a faulty meter.
- To be illogical.
verb
Limping; crippled; lame.
adjective
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Lameness.
noun
An operation code that causes the CPU to stop.
To bring to a stop.
verb
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To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
verb
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.
noun
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.