"halting" in the verb sense
1. halt, hold, arrest
cause to stop
"Halt the engines"
"Arrest the progress"
"halt the presses"
2. stop, halt
come to a halt, stop moving
"the car stopped"
"She stopped in front of a store window"
3. stop, halt, block, kibosh
stop from happening or developing
"Block his election"
"Halt the process"
4. stem, stanch, staunch, halt
stop the flow of a liquid
"staunch the blood flow"
"stem the tide"
"halting" in the adjective sense
1. crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game
disabled in the feet or legs
"a crippled soldier"
"a game leg"
2. halting
fragmentary or halting from emotional strain
"uttered a few halting words of sorrow"
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