Meaning of "cease"

cease •

n.
• • 1. wrinkle: lukot
  • 2. a line or mark made by folding: marka ng lupi (tupi)
  • 3. the line or fold made in trousers by ironing: piston

v.
• • to become crumpled: malukot, makusot, magusot

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stop

n.
• • 1. the place where a stay is made: tigilan, paradahan, himpilan, hintuan
  • 2. a punctuation mark: tuldok, punto, punto
  • 3. a brief stop: hinto, paghinto, tigil, pagtigil
  • 4. a hindering, a checking: pagpigil, pagkapigil

v.
• • 1. to keep from moving, doing, being, working, etc.: pumigil, pigilan, pigilin, magpahinto, pahintuin, magpatigil, patigilin, sumaway, sawayin, sumawata, sawatain
  • 2. to close a hole or opening by filling it: magpasak, pasakan
  • 3. to put an end to: magpatigil, patigilin, itigil, magpahinto, pahintuan, ipahinto
  • 4. to come to an end, to cease, to leave off moving, acting, doing, being, etc.: tumigil, huminto, tumahan, magwakas, matapos
  • 5. to stay: tumigil, humimpil, huminto
  • 6. to stop a babys crying: magpatahan, patahanin
  • 7. to stop bleeding (to cause it to stop): umampat, ampatin
  • 8. to stop or check fire, sickness, plague, etc: umapula, apulain, sumugpo, masugpo, sugpuin

paralyze

v.
• • 1. to affect with a lessening or loss of the power of motion or feeling: malumpo, makalumpo, lumpuhin, maparalisa, pumaralisa, paralisahin, mamatay ang kabiyak (isang bahagi) ng katawan
  • 2. to render powerless or helplessly inactive, to cause to cease: magpatigil, patigilin, makaparalisa, paralisahin
  • 3. to cripple or cause lameness, etc.: makalumpo, lumpuhin

arrest

v.
• • 1. to seize by authority of law: humuli, hulihin, dumakip, dakipin, dakpin, umaresto, arestuhin
  • 2. to stop, to check: pumigil, pigilin, mapigil, magpatigil, patigilin, magpahinto, pahintuin
  • 3. to be attracted or fixed, e.g. ones attention: maakit, mapako ang tingin
  • 4. to cease: tumigil, tigilan, itigil

n.
• • 1. the act of arresting or seizing: paghuli, pagdakip, pag-aresto
  • 2. a checking or stopping: pagpigil, pagkapigil, pagkakapigil, pagpapatigil, pagkapatigil, pagkakapatigil

tahan

v.
• • magtahan, tumahan (mag-:-um-) to cease or stop crying. Tumahan ang bata sa pag-iyak. The child stopped crying.