cease

 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  cease 
 
  3  senses  of  cease 
 
  Sense  1 
  discontinue,  stop,  cease,  give  up  quit  lay  off 
  =>  drop,  knock  off 
  =>  leave  off 
  =>  sign  off 
  =>  retire,  withdraw 
  =>  pull  the  plug 
  =>  shut  off  close  off 
  =>  cheese 
  =>  break 
 
  Sense  2 
  end  finish,  terminate,  cease 
  =>  pass  away 
  =>  lapse 
  =>  cut  out 
  =>  go  out 
  =>  finish  up  end  up  wind  up  land  up  fetch  up 
  =>  die  hard 
  =>  adjourn,  recess,  break  up 
  =>  vanish,  disappear 
  =>  culminate,  climax 
  =>  run  low  run  short,  go 
  =>  vanish,  disappear,  go  away 
  =>  close 
  =>  turn  out  come  out 
  =>  discontinue 
  =>  break 
 
  Sense  3 
  end  terminate,  cease 
  =>  halt 
  =>  close  out 
  =>  conclude 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  cease 
 
  3  senses  of  cease 
 
  Sense  1 
  discontinue,  stop,  cease,  give  up  quit  lay  off 
  =>  drop,  knock  off 
  =>  nolle  pros 
  =>  leave  off 
  =>  sign  off 
  =>  retire,  withdraw 
  =>  pull  the  plug 
  =>  shut  off  close  off 
  =>  cheese 
  =>  break 
 
  Sense  2 
  end  finish,  terminate,  cease 
  =>  pass  away 
  =>  lapse 
  =>  cut  out 
  =>  go  out 
  =>  finish  up  end  up  wind  up  land  up  fetch  up 
  =>  die  hard 
  =>  adjourn,  recess,  break  up 
  =>  vanish,  disappear 
  =>  culminate,  climax 
  =>  crown,  top 
  =>  run  low  run  short,  go 
  =>  vanish,  disappear,  go  away 
  =>  dematerialize,  dematerialise 
  =>  clear 
  =>  bob  under 
  =>  close 
  =>  turn  out  come  out 
  =>  eventuate 
  =>  work  out 
  =>  discontinue 
  =>  taper  off  peter  out  fizzle  out  fizzle 
  =>  leave  off 
  =>  run  out  expire 
  =>  terminate,  stop 
  =>  break 
 
  Sense  3 
  end  terminate,  cease 
  =>  halt 
  =>  close  out 
  =>  conclude 
  =>  find  feel 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  cease 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  cease 
 
  3  senses  of  cease 
 
  Sense  1 
  discontinue,  stop,  cease,  give  up  quit  lay  off 
 
  Sense  2 
  end  finish,  terminate,  cease 
 
  Sense  3 
  end  terminate,  cease 
  =>  change,  alter 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  cease 
 
  cease  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  cease 
 
  Sense  1 
  discontinue,  stop,  cease,  give  up  quit  lay  off 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  end  finish,  terminate,  cease 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  end  terminate,  cease 
  =>  change,  alter 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  cease 
  cease 
  cease-fire 
  cease  and  desist  order 
  ceaselessness 
  decease 
  surcease 
 
  Overview  of  noun  cease 
 
  The  noun  cease  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  cease  --  ((`cease'  is  a  noun  only  in  the  phrase  `without  cease')  end) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  cease 
 
  The  verb  cease  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (25)  discontinue,  stop,  cease,  give  up  quit  lay  off  --  (put  an  end  to  a  state  or  an  activity;  "Quit  teasing  your  little  brother") 
  2.  (6)  end  finish,  terminate,  cease  --  (have  an  end  in  a  temporal,  spatial,  or  quantitative  sense:  "My  property  ends  by  the  bushes";  "The  symphony  ends  in  a  pianissimo") 
  3.  (1)  end  terminate,  cease  --  (bring  to  a  conclusion  or  cause  to  come  to  an  end  "We  terminated  our  relation  with  the  company";  "It  is  unclear  whether  the  bombing  of  Hiroshima  ended  the  war";  "Cease  doing  what  you  are  doing!") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  cease 
  ceaseless 
 
  Overview  of  noun  cease 
 
  The  noun  cease  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  cease  --  ((`cease'  is  a  noun  only  in  the  phrase  `without  cease')  end) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  cease 
 
  The  verb  cease  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (25)  discontinue,  stop,  cease,  give  up  quit  lay  off  --  (put  an  end  to  a  state  or  an  activity;  "Quit  teasing  your  little  brother") 
  2.  (6)  end  finish,  terminate,  cease  --  (have  an  end  in  a  temporal,  spatial,  or  quantitative  sense:  "My  property  ends  by  the  bushes";  "The  symphony  ends  in  a  pianissimo") 
  3.  (1)  end  terminate,  cease  --  (bring  to  a  conclusion  or  cause  to  come  to  an  end  "We  terminated  our  relation  with  the  company";  "It  is  unclear  whether  the  bombing  of  Hiroshima  ended  the  war";  "Cease  doing  what  you  are  doing!") 

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