arrest
A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
Noun 4 meanings
A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
The condition of being stopped, standstill.
“cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest”
The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
“State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.”
A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
Verb 4 meanings
To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
“The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.”
To catch the attention of.
To undergo cardiac arrest.
Etymology
From Middle English arest (noun) and aresten (verb), from Old French areste (noun) and arester (“to stay, stop”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), equivalent to ad- + rest.
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ARREST at a glance
ARREST has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (A 1 + R 1 + R 1 + E 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,654 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with arrest
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- AIREST6
- ARRECT8
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