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Origin of halt
1synonym study for halt
2. See stop.
Words nearby halt
Definition for halt (2 of 2)
halt2
[ hawlt ]
/ hɔlt /
verb (used without object)
adjective
Archaic. lame; limping.
noun
Archaic. lameness; a limp.
(used with a plural verb) lame people, especially severely lamed ones (usually preceded by the): the halt and the blind.
Origin of halt
2First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English healt; cognate with Old High German halz, Old Norse haltr, Gothic halts, akin to Latin clādēs “damage, loss”
OTHER WORDS FROM halt
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British Dictionary definitions for halt (1 of 2)
halt1
/ (hɔːlt) /
noun
an interruption or end to activity, movement, or progress
mainly British a minor railway station, without permanent buildings
call a halt to put an end (to something); stop
noun, sentence substitute
a command to halt, esp as an order when marching
verb
to come or bring to a halt
Word Origin for halt
C17: from the phrase to make halt, translation of German halt machen, from halten to hold 1, stop
British Dictionary definitions for halt (2 of 2)
halt2
/ (hɔːlt) /
verb (intr)
(esp of logic or verse) to falter or be defective
to waver or be unsure
archaic to be lame
adjective
archaic
- lame
- (as collective noun; preceded by the)the halt
noun
archaic lameness
Word Origin for halt
Old English healt lame; related to Old Norse haltr, Old High German halz lame, Greek kólos maimed, Old Slavonic kladivo hammer
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Idioms and Phrases with halt
halt
see call a halt; come to a halt; grind to a halt.
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