halt
/hɑlt/ verb C1- To stop marching.
- 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.
He/she/it halts · Past halted · Past participle halted · -ing form halting
Verb forms
- Base form
- halt
- He/she/it
- halts
- Past
- halted
- Past participle
- halted
- -ing form
- halting
From the library
They halted for a minute, during which he strove to collect his thoughts.
Presently she came to a halt, and hailed a four-wheeler which was passing.
Now, suppose that a train halted under such a window, would there be any difficulty in laying a body upon the roof?”
Then Oberstein had this idea about the trains which halted under his back window.
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