- halt
- [[t]hɔ͟ːlt[/t]]
♦♦♦halts, halting, halted1) V-ERG When a person or a vehicle halts or when something halts them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still.
They halted at a short distance from the house...
The engine note changed as the aircraft landed, taxied and halted...
[V n] She held her hand out flat, to halt him.
2) V-ERG When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely.[V n] Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday...
[V n] He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline...
The flow of assistance to Vietnam's fragile economy from its ideological allies has virtually halted.
3) VERB: only imper `Halt!' is a military order to stop walking or marching and stand still.The colonel ordered `Halt!'
4) N-COUNT A halt is a very small station on a country railway line, which often consists only of a short platform and no building. [BRIT]5) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to n If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately.The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.
6) PHRASE: PHR after v If someone or something comes to a halt, they stop moving.Sofia and Alex came to a halt and both tried to regain their breath...
The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
7) PHRASE: PHR after v If something such as growth, development, or activity comes or grinds to a halt or is brought to a halt, it stops completely.Her political career came to a halt in December 1988...
Air traffic in Poland has been brought to a halt by an air traffic controllers' strike.
English dictionary. 2008.
