To cease, desist.

intransitive. To cease, leave off; desist from (something; in Old English const. dative); also const. to with infinitive. Of the wind: To drop…

To leave off, cease give up, abandon (action).

To cease from; to cease to do something.

transitive. To cease from (an action, etc.).

intransitive. To cease from activity or labour. In early use also with †fro, †of, or with genitive.

transitive. To cease, desist from.

transitive. To cease from, leave off, discontinue.

transitive. To cease from, stop; put a stop to.

transitive. To leave off, finish, cease from (an action); to give up, abandon (an attempt, a habit, a mode of life). †Also with infinitive as object.

transitive. To put away; to leave off, abandon, have done with. Obsolete.

To discontinue (an action); to hold in check, restrain (one's own actions or organs of action). Now archaic and dialect.

transitive. To bring to an end; to come to the end of, go through the last period or stage of. Often with gerund (formerly with infinitive) as…

To cease, desist (from), stop, leave off. transitive. With simple object, gerund, or †infinitive with to.

transitive. To desist from, stop (an action or activity); = leave, v.1 11b.

transitive. To stop engaging in, discontinue (an activity or state, doing, †to do). Also: to stop wearing or using.

transitive. To forsake, abandon, give up (a practice, way of life, action, etc.). Obsolete.

To leave off, discontinue (one's own action; formerly also, one's anger or other passions).

transitive. To desist, refrain, or shrink from; to turn from, give over, forswear. Obsolete.

transitive. To cease from, give up; to suspend. Obsolete.

transitive. To give up, abandon, desist from (an idea, action, practice, etc.). Also intransitive.

transitive. To desist from, discontinue; to give up, abandon (a course of action, etc.); also, to refrain from. (Cf. supersede, v. 2.)

transitive. To desist from (an action or practice); to cease, stop. Also: to cause to cease; to put an end to, abolish (the use or provision of…

To stop, break off. Obsolete.

transitive. To desist from, discontinue (a procedure, an attempt, etc.); not to proceed with. Obsolete.

transitive. To leave off, discontinue. Obsolete.

As past participle. Done; esp. in to have ado: to be done (with); to cease from (cf. do, v. 10b). dead for ado: = dead and done at dead, adj. 32a. on…

To cease from, discontinue (an action, employment, etc.).

transitive. To reject or dismiss from one's consideration or action; to abandon or postpone (a design), discontinue (an occupation).

To leave off, cease, discontinue (doing something, an activity of one's own). Also to delay, withhold (one's good opinion, thanks). Now rare or Obs…

transitive. To give up, relinquish; to leave, forsake; to cease, desist from. Also intransitive with with.

transitive. = to lay aside at phrasal verbs.

transitive. Scots Law. To stop or suspend (a legal procedure) by judicial decree. Also: to stop or postpone (any proceeding). Also occasionally in…

intransitive. Now chiefly North American. To cease to engage in an action or activity; (also) to give up one's employment, leave a job. Also (U.S.)…

transitive. To relinquish, abandon, give up (a task, occupation, responsibility, etc.).

transitive. = to lay aside at phrasal verbs; †also = to lay aside at phrasal verbs.

intransitive. With from. To discontinue or desist from an action or activity; to leave off. Obsolete.

figurative. To free or separate from; to open up, display; to detach, break off.

intransitive and transitive. slang. peter (that): ‘stop doing (or saying) that’. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To stop, discontinue, give up (work).

transitive. To bring to an end, stop, desist from (a matter, a practice); to quit (a place). Often imperative stash it!, stash that!, †to stash the…

To cease from, stop. rare.

slang. transitive. To desist from.

transitive. To discontinue (an action). Chiefly in imperative in cheese it: stop it, leave off, run away; (formerly also) be silent.

colloquial. Without adverb, = to chuck out at sense 2b or up. In passive, to be acquitted or released. Also, to chuck it (see sense 2b).

transitive. To stop (one's talking, crying, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To cease, desist, stop. Frequently in imperative with it.

Technical uses with adverbs. to stop off = senses 21a 23b 24a. Now rare or Obsolete.

To cease to (do something). poetic. rare.

In various colloquial or slang uses. To give up, abandon; also to sling inor up.

slang (originally U.S.). transitive. To stop, leave off (something); to ‘cut out’.

To desist from (doing something); to abstain from or stop using (something); to stop bothering or pestering (a person). Also intransitive…

transitive. To abandon (an activity or enterprise); to stop, finish (something); (frequently spec.) to desist from (bad behaviour) (frequently in…

transitive. colloquial = to pack in at phrasal verbs.

transitive. colloquial (originally Australian, now chiefly Australian, New Zealand, and British). To give up, to stop (an activity). Frequently with…

To stop (something objectionable); to ‘give over’; esp. in break it down: stop it, ‘come off it’. Australian and New Zealand colloquial.

In figurative phrases. to tie the hands of: to deprive of freedom of action. to tie the knot: to effect a union between two persons or things; esp.…

transitive. British colloquial and regional. To leave, abandon (a person); (more usually) to give up, stop doing (something). Chiefly in to jack it in…

to wrap up (figurative). transitive. To put an end to, bring to completion; also, to defeat; to wrap it up, to stop doing something. slang.