arrest

B1
Pronunciation
/ษ™หˆษนษ›st/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.

2 Definition

The condition of being stopped, standstill.

3 Definition

The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

4 Definition

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

5 Definition

A device to physically arrest motion.

6 Definition

The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.

7 Definition

Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.

8 Definition

A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To stop the motion of (a person or animal).

2 Definition

To stay, remain.

3 Definition

To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).

4 Definition

To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.

Example Sentences
  • The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
5 Definition

To catch the attention of.

6 Definition

To undergo cardiac arrest.