Verb

1. Come to a halt, stop moving
2. Put an end to a state or an activity
3. Stop from happening or developing
4. Interrupt a trip
5. Cause to stop
6. Prevent completion
7. Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
8. Seize on its way
9. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
10. Render unsuitable for passage
11. Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments