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Meaning of halts
verb
- To limp; move with a limping gait.
- To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- To waver.
- To falter.
noun
- A cessation, either temporary or permanent. Example: The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.
- A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. Example: The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.
verb
- To stop marching.
- To stop either temporarily or permanently.
- To bring to a stop.
- To cause to discontinue. Example: The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
noun
- Lameness; a limp.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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