stop

[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb

1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) ustaviti

2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) zaustaviti

3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) prenehati

4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) zamašiti

5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) pritisniti na struno/odprtino

6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) ostati, ustaviti se

2. noun

1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) ustavitev

2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) postaja

3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) pika

4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) poklopec, dušilec

5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) zagozda, zapora

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- stoppage

- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up

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I [stɔp]

noun

ustavitev, prekinitev, prestanek, pavza, zastoj, konec; ustavljanje, mirovanje, bivanje, pomuda, čas bivanja; postaja, postajališče; gostišče; zapora, blokiranje, ovira; aretacija; naprave za zapiranje; photography zaslonka; music sprememba višine tona, ki nastane s pritiskom na struno ali žico; (orgelski) register, figuratively register; luknja, poklopec (pri pihalih); grammar ločilo, interpunkcija; phonetics zapornik (soglasnik); figuratively način govora

without a stop — brez ustavljanja

full stop — pika

to be at a stop — biti ustavljen, stati, ne moči naprej (dalje)

to bring to a stop — ustaviti

to come to a full (dead) stop — popolnoma se ustaviti (prenehati, ponehati)

to get out at the next stop — izstopiti na prihodnjem postajališču

to make a stop — ustaviti se

to leave out a stop — izpustiti ločilo

to pull out all the stops to save s.o. — z vsemi sredstvi poskušati koga rešiti

to put a stop to s.th. — ustaviti kaj, napraviti konec čemu

to put a stop on s.th. — zadržati, ustaviti kaj, zapleniti kaj

he put on the pathetic stop — udaril je na patetično struno, prešel je v patetičen ton

II [stɔp]

1.

transitive verb

ustaviti, zaustaviti; prekiniti, ovirati, zadrževati; prenehati s čim; zamašiti (z zamaškom), začepiti (često up), zatesniti; plombirati (zob); zapolniti, zapreti, ustaviti (krvavenje itd.); zastavljati, zadrževati (promet); prestreči, odbiti, parirati (udarec); odtrgati, zadržati, prikrajšati (plačo, podporo itd.); zapreti (plin, paro, vodo); odvrniti (from od); nautical privezati (ladjo); grammar označiti z ločili, staviti interpunkcijo, ločila; music pritisniti na (žico, struno), spremeniti višino tona s pritiskom na struno; udušiti (glas);

2.

intransitive verb

ustaviti se, obstati; colloquially ostati (v postelji, pri kom itd.), biti na obisku; nastaniti se (with s.o. pri kom); (pre)nehati, prekiniti se, napraviti prekinitev (odmor, pavzo), pavzirati; zamašiti se (cev)

a badly spelt and badly stopped letter — pismo, polno pravopisnih in interpunkcijskih napak

stop thief! — primite tatu!

to stop in bed — ostati v postelji

to stop a blow — odbiti, parirati udarec

to stop a blow with one's head jocosely dobiti udarec po glavi

to stop s.o.'s breath — sapo komu zapreti; zadušiti koga

to stop a bullet slang biti zadet od krogle, biti ustreljen

to stop a car — ustaviti, stopati avto

to stop a cheque — prepovedati izplačilo čeka

to stop dead (short) — nenadoma se ustaviti, obstati kot ukopan

to stop doing s.th. — prenehati s čim

shall you stop for dinner? — boste ostali na večerji?

to stop one's ears — (za)mašiti si ušesa, figuratively ne hoteti slišati

to stop a gap — zamašiti vrzel (luknjo), nadomestovati v potrebi

I am going to stop a few days — zaustavil se bom nekaj dni

to stop s.o.'s mouth — zamašiti komu usta

do stop that noise! — nehajte vendar s tem hrupom (ropotom)!

stop your nonsense! — dovolj je vaših neumnosti!

he'll stop at nothing — on se ničesar ne ustraši

to stop payment — ustaviti plačilo

to stop running — nehati teči

he stopped me from speaking — preprečil mi je, da bi povedal svoje mnenje

he never stops to think — nikoli si ne vzame časa, da bi premislil (za premislek)

to stop a tooth — plombirati zob

my watch has stopped — ura se mi je ustavila

to stop the way — zastaviti, zapreti pot, ovirati napredovanje

to stop work — ustaviti delo

to stop a wound — ustaviti krvavitev rane