stop[Anglais]

nom
1 : (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled out all the stops"
2 : a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
3 : a restraint that checks the motion of something
4 : a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
5 : a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
verbe
1 : prevent completion
2 : seize on its way
3 : prevent completion