| verb | cause to stop “Halt the engines” |
| verb | come to a halt, stop moving “the car stopped” |
| verb | stop from happening or developing “Block his election” |
| verb | stop the flow of a liquid “staunch the blood flow” |
| adjective | disabled in the feet or legs “a crippled soldier” |
| adjective | fragmentary or halting from emotional strain “uttered a few halting words of sorrow” |
| halt | noun | the event of something ending |
| hold | noun | time during which some action is awaited |
| arrester | noun | a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier |
| stop | noun | the event of something ending |
| blockage | noun | the act of blocking |
| lameness | noun | disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet |
| gimpiness | noun | disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet |
| gameness | noun | disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet |