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 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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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
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Halt
- call a halt
- the halt
Origin of Halt
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Old English haltian (“to be lame”), from Proto-Germanic *haltaz. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun.
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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
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From French halte, from German Halt
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