Definition of "halt" in English

verb

1. (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.

2. (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.

3. (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.

4. To waver.

5. To falter.

verb

1. (intransitive) To stop marching.

2. (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.

3. (transitive) To bring to a stop.

4. (transitive) To cause to discontinue.

   • The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.

noun

1. A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

   • The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.

2. (rail transport) 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.

adjective

1. (archaic) Lame, limping.

noun

1. (dated) Lameness; a limp.

noun

1. (British, Ireland) A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.