arrest

1. 1

   A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.countableuncountable

2. 2

   The condition of being stopped, standstill.countableuncountable

   • cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest
3. 3

   The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.countableuncountable

   • State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.
4. 4

   A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.countableuncountable

5. 5

   A device to physically arrest motion.countableuncountable

6. 6

   The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.countableuncountable

7. 7

   Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.countableobsoleteuncountable

   • The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., […] were sad arrests to his troubled spirit.
8. 8

   A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horsecountableuncountable

1. 1

   To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).obsoletetransitive

   • An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce.
   • Nor could her virtues, nor repeated vows Of thousand lovers, the relentless hand Of Death arrest;
2. 2

   To stay, remain.intransitiveobsolete

   • A white Starre[…]whiche to every mans sighte did lighte and arrest apon the Standard of Albry.
3. 3

   To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).transitive

   • Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
4. 4

   To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.transitive

   • The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
   • The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers.
5. 5

   To catch the attention of.transitive

   • There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular.
6. 6

   To undergo cardiac arrest.intransitive

   • Realizing the mistake immediately from the outline of the RCA on the fluoroscope screen, he rapidly removed the catheter – just as his patient arrested.

syn. halt · discontinue · seize · dazzle · engage · entice