intransitive verb. To walk lamely or move in an irregular fashion.

intransitive verb. To proceed or act with uncertainty or indecision; waver.

intransitive verb. To be defective or proceed poorly, as in the development of an argument in logic or in the rhythmic structure of verse.

adjective. Lame; crippled.

noun. A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one.

intransitive verb. To cause to stop: synonym: stop.

intransitive verb. To stop; pause.

Lame; not able to walk without limping.

noun. The act of limping; lameness; a defect in gait.

noun. A disease in sheep.

To limp; move with a limping gait.

To stand in doubt; hesitate; linger; delay.

To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection of ideas, or in measure or versification: as, a halting metaphor; a halting sonnet.

noun. A stop; a suspension of progress in walking, riding, or going in any manner, and especially in marching.

To stop in walking or going; cease to advance; stop for a longer or shorter time on a march, as a body of troops.

To bring to a stand; cause to cease marching: as, the general halted his troops.

A Middle English contraction of haldeth, equivalent to holdeth, third person singular of the present indicative of hold.

3d pers. sing. pres. of hold, contraction for holdeth.

noun. A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.

transitive verb. To cause to cease marching; to stop.

adjective. Halting or stopping in walking; lame.

noun. The act of limping; lameness.

intransitive verb. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

intransitive verb. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.

intransitive verb. To walk lamely; to limp.

intransitive verb. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.

adjective. Lame, limping.

verb. To limp.

verb. To waver.

verb. To falter.

noun. Lameness; a limp.

verb. To stop marching.

verb. To stop either temporarily or permanently.

verb. To bring to a stop.

verb. To cause to discontinue.

noun. A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

noun. A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

verb. stop the flow of a liquid

verb. come to a halt, stop moving

noun. the state of inactivity following an interruption

verb. stop from happening or developing

noun. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

verb. cause to stop

adjective. disabled in the feet or legs

noun. the event of something ending

"Having the sun and moon halt is extraordinarily uncommon."

unfit  

haltement  

check  pause  stop  

brake  check  conk  draw up  go off  

Perrault  Renault  Walt  assault  basalt  

ascent  break  descent  footstep  gasp  

abandon  abort  afterthought  amble  arrest  

hold  

halted  halting  halts