the car stopped|She stopped in front of a store window
stop :the act of stopping something
the third baseman made some remarkable stops|his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
stop :put an end to a state or an activity
Quit teasing your little brother
stop :a brief stay in the course of a journey
they made a stopover to visit their friends
stop :stop from happening or developing
Block his election|Halt the process
stop :the state of inactivity following an interruption
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
stop :interrupt a trip
we stopped at Aunt Mary's house|they stopped for three days in Florence