The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

had demanded.
--n. 3 hunch, slouch, scrunch, crouch, stooping, slouching,
Technical lordosis, curvature of the spine, torticollis,
wryneck: The orthopaedist thought his stoop could be corrected
by a back brace.
stop v. 1 discontinue, halt, terminate, cease, break off, end, put
an end or a stop to, bring to a stop or a halt or an end or a
close, give up, quit, leave off, finish, conclude, desist
(from), refrain (from), abandon; draw to a close, be over, come
to a stop or a halt or an end or a close; Colloq cut (out), lay
off, Brit pack in: Stop shouting, I'm not deaf. The car stopped
suddenly. Will the fighting ever stop? 2 bring to a stop or a
halt or a standstill, check, cut off; arrest, suppress,
restrain, thwart; block, bar, obstruct, dam, keep or hold back,
prevent, hinder; slow, impede, stem, stanch or staunch: The
main problem was how to stop drug trafficking. Can we stop the
river from flooding? This tourniquet will stop the bleeding. 3
Often, stop up. obstruct, block (up), jam (up), plug (up), clog
(up), choke (up), stuff (up), fill (up), close (up or off): The
drain was all stopped up with paper. 4 peter out, be over, end:
He gave me an injection and the pain finally stopped. 5 pause,
break, take a break, interrupt, tarry; sojourn, rest, stay, put
up, lodge, visit, stop off or in or over; pull over, pull up:
I'd like to stop for a cup of coffee. I stopped at The Bell Inn
on my way here. We stopped short at the sign.
--n. 6 halt, end, cessation, termination, ban, prohibition;
close, standstill, conclusion: The new law put a stop to
door-to-door selling. We must bring that practice to a stop. 7
stay, sojourn, visit, break, rest, stopover, US layover: We
thoroughly enjoyed our stop in Brighton. 8 stopping-place,
station, terminal, stage, terminus, US and Canadian depot:
There is a bus stop in the next street. 9 blockage, blocking,
stopping (up), stoppage, closing up, obstruction, block: A stop
in the water supply was soon cleared up.
stopgap n. 1 makeshift, improvisation, substitute: The wire served as
a stopgap until they could get the proper part.
--adj. 2 makeshift, temporary, improvised, impromptu,
substitute, emergency, provisional, stand-by; jury-rigged: A