3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interrupt \In`ter*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interrupted}; p.
pr & vb n. {Interrupting}.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of
interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break.
See {Rupture}.]
1. To break into or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking
in upon the course or progress of to interfere with the
current or motion of to cause a temporary cessation of
as to interrupt the remarks speaking.
Do not interrupt me in my course. --Shak.
2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of as the
evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interrupted \In`ter*rupt"ed\, a.
1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.
2. (Bot.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose
symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets
are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
interrupted
adj 1: discontinued temporarily; "we resumed the interrupted
discussion"
2: intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or
interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: {fitful}, {off-and-on(a)}]
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