To stop and not resume an action.
A demand that one stop and not resume continuing a certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.
To check or stop, or deter, (an action).
To stop the flow of (blood); to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
Of bleeding: to stop.
A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river.