temporary stop; interruption of progress
(cause to) stop for a time; (cause to) bring to a halt
be in doubt; hesitate
be fault or imperfect
"the negotiations were in arrest"
"held them in check"
"during the halt he got some lunch"
"the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"
"he spent the entire stop in his seat"
"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
"a halt in the arms race"
"a nuclear freeze"
"a crippled soldier"
"a game leg"
"Halt the engines"
"Arrest the progress"
"halt the presses"
"the car stopped"
"She stopped in front of a store window"
"Block his election"
"Halt the process"
"staunch the blood flow"
"stem the tide"
At last they could go no further without a halt.
出自: Tolkien
The radio series came to a temporary halt in June.
出自: K. Williams
I'll never know with what halt steps You mounted to this plain eclipse.
出自: P. Porter
The halt and the maimed..joined in as best they could.
出自: absol.
How long halt ye between two opinions?
出自:Bible (AV): 1 Kings
A sentry's voice westward: Halt! Who goes there?
出自: G. B. Shaw
He raced down the deck, halting to caress the rusty winches.
出自: H. Fast