cease

1. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end (synset 115293068)
   is a type of: end, ending - the point in time at which something ends

1. Put an end to a state or an activity (synset 202686624)
   "Quit teasing your little brother"
   subtypes:

   • drop, knock off - stop pursuing or acting
   • leave off - stop using
   • sign off - cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations
   • retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation
   • pull the plug - prevent from happening or continuing
   • close off, shut off - stem the flow of
   • cheese - used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)
   • call it a day, call it quits - stop doing what one is doing
   • break - give up
   same as: discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop
2. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;
   Either spatial or metaphorical (synset 202615799)
   "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
   subtypes:

   • pass away - go out of existence
   • lapse - end, at least for a long time
   • cut out - cease operating
   • go out - become extinguished
   • adjourn, break up, recess - close at the end of a session
   • disappear, vanish - cease to exist
   • climax, culminate - end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
   • run out - become used up; be exhausted
   • go, run low, run short - to be spent or finished
   • disappear, go away, vanish - become invisible or unnoticeable
   • close, conclude - come to a close
   • come out, turn out - result or end
   • discontinue - come to or be at an end
   • break - come to an end
   same as: end, finish, stop, terminate

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