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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.

A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

Example: The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.

A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

Example: The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.

To stop marching.

To stop either temporarily or permanently.

To bring to a stop.

To cause to discontinue.

Example: The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.

Lameness; a limp.

Lame, limping.