cease
('cease' is a noun only in the phrase 'without cease') end
• Hypernyms:
end, ending
1. put an end to a state or an activity (Freq. 25)
- Quit teasing your little brother
• Syn:
discontinue, stop, give up, quit, lay off
• Ant:
continue (for: discontinue)
• Derivationally related forms:
cessation, stop (for: stop), stoppage (for: stop), discontinuation (for: discontinue), discontinuance (for: discontinue)
• Hyponyms:
drop, knock off, leave off, sign off, retire,
withdraw, pull the plug, shut off, close off, cheese, call it quits,
call it a day, break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE (for: stop)
- They cease moving
2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;
either spatial or metaphorical (Freq. 6)
- the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
- Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
- My property ends by the bushes
- The symphony ends in a pianissimo
• Syn:
end, stop, finish, terminate
• Ant:
begin (for: end)
• Derivationally related forms:
terminative (for: terminate), terminus (for: terminate), finish (for: finish), end (for: end)
• Hyponyms:
pass away, lapse, cut out, go out, adjourn,
recess, break up, vanish, disappear, culminate, climax,
run out, run low, run short, go, go away, conclude,
close, turn out, come out, discontinue, break
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
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