halt in Kashmiri कॉशुर
halt in Sindhi سنڌي
halt in English
- halt⇄adj. lame; crippled; limping.
- halt⇄expr. call a halt, to order a stop.
Ex. a simple matter of calling a halt and declaring that membership in the nuclear club is now closed (Listener). - halt⇄expr. grind to a halt, to come to a complete stop.
Ex. It might usefully be asked why traffic has not already ground to a halt (London Times). Other East-West talks leading toward a detente are grinding to a halt (New York Times). - halt⇄expr. the halt, persons who halt, limp, or hesitate.
Ex. He would spend hours daily ... handing out money to widows, orphans, old soldiers, the halt (Time). - halt⇄halt (1), verb, noun.
- halt⇄halt (2), verb, adjective, noun.
- halt⇄noun (Archaic.) a lameness; crippled condition; limping walk.
- halt⇄noun a stop for a time.
Ex. When there is a strike all work comes to a halt. - halt⇄v.i. to stop for a time.
Ex. The soldiers halted and rested from their march. - halt⇄v.i. 1. to be in doubt; hesitate; waver.
Ex. Shyness made her halt as she talked. How long halt ye between two opinions? (I Kings 18:21).
(SYN) falter.
2. to be faulty or imperfect.
Ex. A poor argument halts. A poem with weak rh - halt⇄v.t. to cause to halt; stop.
Ex. The policeman halted the speeding car. The company halted operations during the strike.