STOP DEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stop dead mean? 

• STOP DEAD (verb)
  The verb STOP DEAD has 1 sense:

1. stop moving or become immobilized

  Familiarity information: STOP DEAD used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOP DEAD (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stop moving or become immobilized

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

freeze; stop dead

Context example:

When he saw the police car he froze

Hypernyms (to "stop dead" is one way to...):

stand still (remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stop dead"):

fixate; settle on (become fixed (on))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Sometimes Holmes would hurry on, sometimes stop dead, and once he made quite a little detour into the meadow.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)