Word Direct Answers

What does "halt" mean?

Halt: To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to h How long halt ye between two opinions 1 Kings xviii. 21
  2. 3.To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
  3. 4.Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv.
  4. 5.The act of limping; lameness.
  5. 6.To walk lamely; to limp.
  6. 7.To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak.

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