verb, noun
verb to stop; to make sb/sth stop:
[V] She walked towards him and then halted. * 'Halt!' the Major ordered (= used as a command to soldiers). * [VN] The police were halting traffic on the parade route. * The trial was halted after the first week.
IDIOMS see TRACKn.
Part of speech: noun
1 [sing.] an act of stopping the movement or progress of sb/sth:
Work came to a halt when the machine broke down. * The thought brought her to an abrupt halt. * The car skidded to a halt. * Strikes have led to a halt in production. * They decided it was time to call a halt to the project (= stop it officially).
2 [C] (BrE) a small railway station in the country that has a platform but no buildings
IDIOMS see GRINDv.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is halt a noun, verb, or something else?
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