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stop
Verb
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If you stop, you do not move; you rest.
He stopped after running 2 miles.
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If you stop something or somebody, you prevent them from moving or doing something. You cause the person to cease moving or progressing.
The police tried to stop the criminal, but he was too fast.
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If you stop doing something, you are not doing it anymore. You have ceased doing it.
I stopped playing video games and went back to working on my project.
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If you stop, you come to the end of the time when one is doing something. You start doing a different thing or start doing nothing.
stop
Noun
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A stop is a place where buses, cars, taxis, or other vehicles halt to let passengers board or leave (get on or off).
catch
Noun
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A catch is something that is caught, like the fish a fishermen catches.
My dad brought home a good catch of trout today.
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A catch is old time word for a song.
We sang a catch by Purcell.
catch
Verb
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When you catch something, you stop and hold it.
Can you catch a fish in your hands with no fish net?
They caught the bad guys and locked them up.