To Stop

(intransitive) To cease moving.
(intransitive) To not continue.
(transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
(transitive) To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
(transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
(transitive) To close or block an opening.
(transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
(intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
(music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
(obsolete) To punctuate.
(nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
(phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.

(finance, transitive) To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.

This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) to indicate the ending action, or the to infinitive to indicate the purpose of the interruption. See Appendix:English catenative verbs for more information.

(to cease moving): brake, desist, halt
(to not continue): blin, cease, desist, discontinue, halt, terminate
(to cause to cease moving): arrest, freeze, halt; immobilize
(to cause to come to an end): blin, cancel, cease, discontinue, halt, terminate; end
(to tarry): hang about, hang around, linger, loiter, pause; tarry
(to reside temporarily): lodge, stop over; sojourn