| means | (verb) give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
throw in, fall by the wayside, chuck up the sponge, quit, drop by the wayside, give up, drop out, throw in the towel |
| means | (verb) bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
end, terminate |
| means | (verb) put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
discontinue, give up, stop, quit, cease, lay off |
| means | (verb) finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"
close |
| means | (verb) prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
break, stop, break off, discontinue |
| means | (verb) come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
complete, finish |
| means | (verb) cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary"
finish |
| means | (verb) bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"
conclude |
| means | (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
adjudicate, settle, decide, resolve |
| means | (verb) result or end; "How will the game turn out?"
come out, turn out |
| means | (verb) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
grab, take hold of, catch |
| means | (verb) come to rest
settle |
| means | (verb) come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
close, conclude |
| means | (verb) cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"
stop |
| means | (verb) decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
rule, decree |
| means | (verb) come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
halt, stop |
| means | (verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
make up one's mind, decide, determine |
| means | (verb) cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
stall |
| means | (verb) cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
close, shut down, fold, close up, close down |
| means | (verb) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
get, catch, capture |
| means | (verb) cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
hold, halt, arrest |
| means | (verb) take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"
grab |
| means | (verb) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
stall |
| means | (verb) come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
conk, stall |
| means | (verb) cause an airplane to go into a stall
stall |
| means | (verb) take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
clutch, prehend, seize |
| means | (verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
terminate, finish, cease, end, stop |
| means | (verb) hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel"
grip |
| means | (verb) cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
intermit, break, pause |
| means | (verb) seize by the neck or collar
collar |
| means | (verb) be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood"
catch |
| means | (verb) get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
get hold of, take |
| means | (verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
take away, take, remove, withdraw |
| means | (verb) withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
retire, withdraw |
| means | (verb) get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
comprehend, apprehend, get the picture, grasp, dig, savvy, grok, compass |