What is the meaning of halting?

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

Disabled in the feet or legs.
- usage: "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
- synonyms: crippled, halt, lame, gimpy, game
Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain.
- usage: "uttered a few halting words of sorrow"

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