standstill

«standstill» in Mova's school dictionary: a complete stop, when nothing is moving — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (standstills)

meaning for a pupil

1) A standstill is a complete stop, when nothing is moving. tree →

2) «Come to a standstill» means stop moving or stop making progress. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a journey or a battle halts, and nothing moves forward until something changes

examples

• The traffic came to a standstill. tree →
• The horse came to a standstill by the graveyard. tree →
• Work was at a standstill during the storm. tree →
• The game came to a standstill when the ball got stuck. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «standstill» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.