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{
"_dis": "12 6 5 12 6 18 10 6 3 12 2 0 4 5",
"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Gaits",
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"ref": "c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:",
"text": "Here comes Sir Toby halting — you shall hear more; but if he had not been in drink, he would have tickled you othergates than he did.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
"text": "Do not smile at me that I boast her of,\nFor thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise,\nAnd make it halt behind her.",
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"To limp; move with a limping gait."
],
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"(intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait."
],
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"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 18:21:",
"text": "How long halt ye between two opinions?",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer."
],
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"links": [
[
"stand",
"stand"
],
[
"doubt",
"doubt"
],
[
"what",
"what"
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[
"hesitate",
"hesitate"
],
[
"linger",
"linger"
],
[
"delay",
"delay"
],
[
"mammer",
"mammer"
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],
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"(intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer."
],
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"obsolete"
]
},
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"glosses": [
"To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification."
],
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[
"lame",
"lame"
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[
"ideas",
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[
"versification",
"versification"
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"(intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification."
],
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"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
},
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"glosses": [
"To waver."
],
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"links": [
[
"waver",
"waver"
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],
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"obsolete"
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"To falter."
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[
"falter",
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]
],
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"obsolete"
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
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"ipa": "/hɔːlt/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
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{
"ipa": "/hɔlt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɑlt/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
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}
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"halt"
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"expansion": "Middle French halt",
"name": "der"
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"args": {
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"2": "de",
"3": "halt",
"4": "",
"5": "stop!"
},
"expansion": "German halt (“stop!”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). More at hold.",
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{
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"To stop marching."
],
"id": "en-halt-en-verb-aIirJsUl",
"links": [
[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To stop marching."
],
"tags": [
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"obsolete"
]
},
{
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{
"ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To stop either temporarily or permanently."
],
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[
"temporarily",
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"permanently",
"permanently"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otlagam",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "отлагам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prekǎsvam",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "прекъсвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slagam na trupčeta",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "слагам на трупчета"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spiram",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "спирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "hedhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "skrinlægge"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "halti"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "hyllyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "pysähtyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "seisahtua"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "faire halte"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "suspendre"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "anhalten"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "stoppen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "rasten"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "tarraing suas"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "accantonare"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "fermare"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "riporre"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyūshisuru",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "休止する"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "teishisuru",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "停止する"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "subsisto"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zápira",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "за́пира"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zápre",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "за́пре"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "niṟttuka",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "നിർത്തുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "urutū"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "bremse"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "stoppe"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "henlegge"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "skrinlegge"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "odkładać na półkę"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "estagnar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "sayay"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "opri"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "klastʹ na polku",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "класть на полку"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"alt": "как вко́панный",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "about someone",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "встать"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zameretʹ",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "замереть"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zamiratʹ",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "замирать"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "cajonear"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "dar carpetazo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "engavetar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "parar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 90 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
"word": "skrinlägga"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To bring to a stop."
],
"id": "en-halt-en-verb-sjE3YHtc",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring to a stop."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause to discontinue."
],
"id": "en-halt-en-verb-ApZWv1wv",
"links": [
[
"discontinue",
"discontinue"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cause to discontinue."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "freeze"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 2 96",
"sense": "to cause to discontinue",
"word": "break off"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spiram",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "спирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "haltigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "pysäyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "seisauttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "arrêter"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "halter"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "stopper"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "anhalten"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "stoppen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "stocken"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "piättää"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "asettaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "seisottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "tarraing suas"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "fermare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oshitodomeru",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "押し止める"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "samatageru",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "さまたげる"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zápira",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "за́пира"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zápre",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "за́пре"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "niṟttuka",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "നിർത്തുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "urutū"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "stoppe"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "sayay"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "opri"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostanávlivatʹ",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "остана́вливать"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause something to stop",
"word": "parar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 4 90",
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