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What (who) is HALT - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
HALT; Halt (disambiguation)
Halt
·noun The act of limping; lameness.
II. Halt ·adj Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
III. Halt ·adj To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
IV. Halt ·adj To walk lamely; to Limp.
V. Halt ·- 3d pers. ·sg ·pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
VI. Halt ·noun A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
VII. Halt ·vi To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to Hesitate; to be uncertain.
VIII. Halt ·vt To cause to cease marching; to Stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
IX. Halt ·vi 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.
halt
I. v. n.
1.
Stop, hold, stand (still), stop short, pull up, come to a stop.
2.
Limp, hobble, walk lamely.
II. a.
Lame, crippled.
III. n.
1.
Stop, stand, standstill.
2.
Limp, limping gait.
halt
halt1
¦ verb bring or come to an abrupt stop.
¦ noun
1. a suspension of movement or activity.
2. Brit. a minor stopping place on a local railway line.
Phrases
call a halt order a stop.
Origin
C16: orig. in the phr. make halt, from Ger. haltmachen, from halten 'to hold'.
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halt2
archaic
¦ adjective lame.
¦ verb walk with a limp.
Origin
OE healtian (v.), halt, healt (adjective), of Gmc origin.
Wikipedia
Halt
Halt may refer to:
- Halt (railway), a small railway station
- HLT (x86 instruction), aka "HALT"
- Highly accelerated life test, a product stress testing methodology
- The Halt, a 2019 film
- Charles I. Halt (born 1939), United States Air Force colonel who had an encounter with UFOs
- Karl Ritter von Halt, born Karl Ferdinand Halt (1891–1964), sport official in Nazi Germany and in the German Federal Republic
Examples of use of HALT
1. Humanitarian considerations can halt deportations.
2. Ground to a halt Movement on both the Palestinian and Syrian tracks has now ground to a halt.
3. Security Council deadline to halt uranium enrichment.
4. The extremists must immediately halt their attacks.
5. Grinding to a halt Near to the Casino du Liban, which overlooks the largely Christian port town of Jounieh, cars grind to a halt.