What is the meaning of halt?

noun

• The state of inactivity following an interruption.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
• The event of something ending.
  • usage: "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
  • synonyms: stop
• An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement.
  • usage: "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
  • synonyms: freeze

verb

• Cause to stop.
  • usage: "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
  • synonyms: hold, arrest
• Come to a halt, stop moving.
  • usage: "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
  • synonyms: stop
• Stop from happening or developing.
  • usage: "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
  • synonyms: stop, block, kibosh
• Stop the flow of a liquid.
  • usage: "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
  • synonyms: stem, stanch, staunch

adjective

• Disabled in the feet or legs.
  • usage: "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
  • synonyms: crippled, halting, lame, gimpy, game