v. 1
To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
He stopped for two weeks at the inn.
v. 2
To cease moving.
I stopped at the traffic lights.
n. 1
A consonant sound in which the passage of air is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
n. 2
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
They agreed to meet at the bus stop.

Related words

Word family: stop-and-frisk stop-and-go stop-and-search stopover stoppage stopper stoppie stop-start
Phrases: stop up stop-over full-stop stop by stop in stop-off rest stop flag stop
Is a kind of: decelerate

Forms

Stop, Stay or Sojourn?

Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: end¹
4 letters: wait¹, rest¹, hold¹, quit¹
5 letters: point¹, close¹, check¹, leave¹, break¹, stand¹, block¹, catch¹, stick¹, quiet², lodge¹, cease¹, pause¹, brake¹
6 letters: period³, finish², arrest², freeze¹, hinder², desist²
7 letters: prevent², closure², plosive²
8 letters: conclude², suppress², stoppage²
9 letters: terminate³, intercept³, cessation³, occlusive
10 letters: suspension³
11 letters: obstruction³, discontinue⁴
12 letters: interruption⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiet² = 2 syllables).