the act of stopping something

the act of stopping something

bk/ verb 1. to return They got back home very late.  When didthey get back from the cinema? 2. to getsomething again which you had before  Igot my money back after I had complained tothe manager.  to get your breath back tobreathe normally after being breathless  Atmy age, I can’t walk uphill very far withoutstopping to get my breath back. 3. to phoneback or reply by post  I’ll find out what thesituation is and get back to you as soon as Ican.

cess of stopping something which is passing.

all the time; seemingly without stopping

stopping and starting at irregular intervals

To, Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it, obsolete Until; till, conjunction_ obsolete Up to the time or degree that; until; till

One who travels for pleasure, One who makes a tour; one who makes a journey for pleasure, stopping at a number of places for the purpose of seeing the sights, scenery, etc, someone who travels for pleasure

To sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals, To announce or summon by tolling, To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person, transitive verb_ To draw; to entice; to allure. See tole, To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing, To collect, as a toll, noun_ a man who takes, or gathers, toll, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers

Nautical A system of ropes and blocks for raising and lowering weights of rigging and pulleys for applying tension, The act of stopping an opposing player carrying the ball, especially by forcing the opponent to the ground, as in football or Rugby, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon in or out, intransitive verb_ To obstruct (a player with the ball) in order to cause loss of possession of the ball, To stop (an opponent carrying the ball), especially by forcing the opponent to the ground, To tackle an opponent in possession of the ball, transitive verb_ To supply with tackle, To begin to deal with, (Football) To cause the ball carrier to fall to the ground, thus ending the forward motion of the ball and the play