halt

noun4

1. •
   a stop in movement or activity, for a while or forever

   • The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.
2. •
   A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

   • The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.
3. •
   (UK, Ireland) A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.

   • Halts were normally unstaffed, tickets being sold on the train. — 2024
4. •
   (old-fashioned) Lameness; a limp.

verb9

1. •
   To stop marching.
2. •
   To stop either temporarily or permanently.
3. •
   To bring to a stop.
4. •
   To cause to discontinue.

   • The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
5. •
   (no longer used) To limp; move with a limping gait.

   • 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. — 1601
6. •
   (no longer used) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
7. •
   (no longer used) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.

   • How long halt ye between two opinions? — 1611
8. •
   (no longer used) To waver.
9. •
   (no longer used) To falter.

adjective1

1. •
   (no longer used) Lame, limping.

   • It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell […] — 1526

noun1

1. •
   Acronym of hungry, angry, lonely, (or) tired.