Halt

What do we mean by halt?

To walk lamely or move in an irregular fashion. intransitive verb

To proceed or act with uncertainty or indecision; waver. intransitive verb

To be defective or proceed poorly, as in the development of an argument in logic or in the rhythmic structure of verse. intransitive verb

Lame; crippled. adjective

A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one. noun

To cause to stop: synonym: stop. intransitive verb

To stop; pause. intransitive verb

To stop in walking or going; cease to advance; stop for a longer or shorter time on a march, as a body of troops.

To bring to a stand; cause to cease marching: as, the general halted his troops.

To limp; move with a limping gait.

To stand in doubt; hesitate; linger; delay.

To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection of ideas, or in measure or versification: as, a halting metaphor; a halting sonnet.

A stop; a suspension of progress in walking, riding, or going in any manner, and especially in marching. noun

A Middle English contraction of haldeth, equivalent to holdeth, third person singular of the present indicative of hold.

Lame; not able to walk without limping.

The act of limping; lameness; a defect in gait. noun

A disease in sheep. noun

3d pers. sing. pres. of hold, contraction for holdeth.

To cause to cease marching; to stop. transitive verb

Halting or stopping in walking; lame. adjective

To limp; move with a limping gait.

To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.

To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.

To waver.

To falter.

Words that are spelled similarly to halt:
halt.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word halt:
thon, manx, donegal, railway, advance, stopping, station, junction, passenger, trains, closed, isle, platforms, stop, crossing, devon, decline, offensive, platform, shelter, catch, opened, request, closure, resumed, intermediate, reverse, line, freight, pakistan, bombing, nearest, train, retreat, terminus, situated.

Words that rhyme with halt:
default, salt, vault, fault, assault, exalt, malt, alt, cobalt, asphalt, basalt, somersault, thunderbolt, hault, galt, sault, gault, san andreas fault, table salt, renault, walt, sexual assault, old salt, perrault, ault, thrust fault, pole vault, at fault, kalt, rock salt, to a fault, burial vault, find fault, nault, geological fault, common salt, barrel vault, bank vault, double salt, bile salt, inclined fault, celery salt, garlic salt, sour salt, normal fault, rochelle salt, judgement by default, amphibious assault, groined vault, onion salt, ribbed vault, gravity fault, faribault, judgment by default, seasoned salt, brault, anawalt, kuralt, greenawalt, pinault, stirewalt, covault, creditanstalt, dault, ehrenhalt, galipault, hanawalt, kreditanstalt, mault, pennwalt, pinsoneault, rachelvolt, treuhandanstalt.

Adjectives that are often used to describe halt:
abrupt, sudden, temporary, complete, first, short, dead, brief, long, next, virtual, immediate, momentary, final, day, near, quick, one, lame, blind, sharp, partial, unexpected, jarring, permanent, prolonged, half, slow, slight, longer, instant, premature, unconditional, minute, usual, rapid, dramatic, occasional, jolting, hour, overnight, stumbling, gradual, gentle, forced, smooth, definite, sick, unilateral, violent, dusty, way, breathless, painful, noisy, ready, confused, silent, jerky, swift, eutectic, lengthy, unscheduled, welcome, protracted, reluctant, ragged, uncertain.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective halt:
instruction, command, dress, state, signal, man, program, banners, execution, jump, end, front, movie, operation, morocco, operations, mode, code, leather, production, scale, study, output, communism, order, process, testing, negotiations, station, request, indicator, calf, right, pressganging, figure, questions, nop, maul, inn, address, input, device.

Consonant match to halt:
holt, hilt, helt, hault, hult, hoult, holte, hohlt, heldt.

Words that sound like halt:
halt, hault, hilt, holt, hauled, hult, helt, hald, heldt, holte, hoult, halte, howled, halde, walt, hold, hall, held, halls, healed, haul, hol, hailed, halter, hallie, halts, heeled, holed, hauls, heald, hild, haught, haut, hawt, hawley, holde, whot, hilde, haled, hulled, hilled, heled, helled, hlt, huld, holo-, haltere, salt, malt, balt, sault, dalt, kalt, calt, malte, nault, palt, ralt, hot, hollow, holly, howl, holla, howls, hott, hollie, holl, hollo, hala, hout, hali, holley, whol, holli, holle, hotte, howlett, houle, haal, howley, haole, haat, halah, how low, howlet, howat, hollett, howt, halat, howatt, howlite, haoles, wilt, welt, wald, walled, walde, wildt, welte, wlt.