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halt

Pronunciation: /hɒlt/

The English word “halt” has 14 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To limp; move with a limping gait.
  2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
  3. To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
  4. To waver.
  5. To falter.
  6. To stop marching.
  7. To stop either temporarily or permanently.
  8. To bring to a stop.
  9. To cause to discontinue.

noun

  1. A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
  2. A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
  3. Lameness; a limp.
  4. A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.

adjective

  1. Lame, limping.

Etymology

From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *haltōn, related to *halt. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta.

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