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.
By stopping at home till the money was gone. R. D. Blackmore.
To stop over, to stop at a station beyond the time of the departure of the train on which one came, with the purpose of continuing one's journey on a subsequent train; to break one's journey.