Stop v. i.
 1. To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.
 He bites his lip, and starts;
 Stops on a sudden, looks upon the ground;
 Then lays his finger on his temple: strait
 Springs out into fast gait; then stops again.   --Shak.
 2. To cease from any motion, or course of action.
    Stop, while ye may, suspend your mad career!   --Cowper.
 3. To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend. [Colloq.]
    By stopping at home till the money was gone.   --R. D. Blackmore.
 To stop over, to stop at a station or airport beyond the time of the departure of the train or airplane on which one came, with the purpose of continuing one's journey on a subsequent train or airplane; to break one's journey.  See stopover, n.


 Stop·o·ver, Stop-o·ver a. Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i.