halt

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verb

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.

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halt

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

Origin of halt

origin, originally in phrase to make halt, translated, translation of German halt machen from imperative of halten (see hold) + machen, make

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

halt Idioms

call a halt

to order a stop, esp. temporarily

Archaic to walk with a crippled gait; limp; hobble
to be uncertain; waver; hesitate: to halt in one's speech
to have defects; esp.,
1. to have a faulty meter: said of verse
2. to be illogical: said of argument

Origin of halt

Middle English halten from Old English healtian from healt (see haltthe adjective), akin to Middle High German halzen

Archaic limping; crippled; lame

Origin of halt

ME halte < OE healt, halt, akin to MHG halz < IE base *kel-, to strike, hew (> L calamitas): basic sense “lamed by wounding”

Archaic lameness

halt Idioms

the halt

Archaic those crippled by an injured or deformed leg or foot

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halt

noun

A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one: The car rolled to a halt when it stalled.

verb

halt·ed, halt·ing, halts

verb

transitive

To cause to stop: The government hopes to halt tax fraud. See Synonyms at stop.

verb

intransitive

To stop; pause: The hikers halted for lunch and some rest.

Origin of halt

German sing. imperative of halten to stop from Middle High German from Old High German haltan

Archaic

intransitive verb

halt·ed, halt·ing, halts

To walk lamely or move in an irregular fashion.
To proceed or act with uncertainty or indecision; waver.
To be defective or proceed poorly, as in the development of an argument in logic or in the rhythmic structure of verse.

adjective

Lame; crippled.

Origin of halt

Middle English halten to limp from Old English healtian

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)

(intransitive) To stop marching.
(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
To bring to a stop.
To cause to discontinue.
The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.

Origin

Old English haltian (“to be lame”), from Proto-Germanic *haltaz. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun.

Noun

(plural halts)

A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.
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.

Origin

From French halte, from German Halt

Adjective

(comparative more halt, superlative most halt)

(archaic) Lame, limping.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)

To limp.
To waver.
To falter.

Noun

(plural halts)

(dated) Lameness; a limp.

Origin

Old English healt (verb healtian), from Proto-Germanic *haltaz. Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.

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halt - Computer Definition

An operation code that causes the CPU to stop.

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