"arrest" meaning in English

See arrest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˈrɛst/ Audio: en-us-arrest.ogg [US] Forms: arrest [singular], arrests [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An arrest is when the police catch someone.
    Sense id: simple-arrest-en-noun-7LQAwlCB
  2. An arrest is someone caught by the police.
    Sense id: simple-arrest-en-noun--i3a4zVY
  3. An arrest is stopping, most often used for the heart.
    Sense id: simple-arrest-en-noun-ajBtYoIV

Verb

IPA: /əˈrɛst/ Audio: en-us-arrest.ogg [US] Forms: arrest [canonical], arrests [third-person, singular], arrested [past], arrested [past, participle], arresting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are arrested you are caught by the police.
    Sense id: simple-arrest-en-verb-PVsFRdFH
  2. If something arrests something else, it stops it.
    Sense id: simple-arrest-en-verb-t5sdaOz~
  3. If something arrests it stops.
    Sense id: simple-arrest-en-verb-NqSwQkJL
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His development was arrested by the disease."
        }
      ],
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        "If something arrests something else, it stops it."
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        {
          "text": "We called the ambulance after his heart arrested this morning."
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          "text": "They made several arrests last night."
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        {
          "text": "Hey, that punk was my arrest, don't you try to take credit."
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        {
          "text": "He went into cardiac arrest (his heart stopped) at 8:37 this morning."
        }
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  "hyphenation": "ar‧rest",
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      "glosses": [
        "If you are arrested you are caught by the police."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His development was arrested by the disease."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something arrests something else, it stops it."
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We called the ambulance after his heart arrested this morning."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something arrests it stops."
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/əˈrɛst/"
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    {
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    {
      "audio": "en-us-arrest.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    }
  ],
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    },
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        {
          "text": "They made several arrests last night."
        }
      ],
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        "An arrest is when the police catch someone."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hey, that punk was my arrest, don't you try to take credit."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He went into cardiac arrest (his heart stopped) at 8:37 this morning."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈrɛst/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/@\"r\\Est/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-arrest.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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