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ARREST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

Example:

the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar

Synonyms:

apprehension; arrest; catch; collar; pinch; taking into custody

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("arrest" is a kind of...):

capture; gaining control; seizure (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property)

Derivation:

arrest (take into custody)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of inactivity following an interruption

Example:

he spent the entire stop in his seat

Synonyms:

arrest; check; halt; hitch; stay; stop; stoppage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("arrest" is a kind of...):

inaction; inactiveness; inactivity (the state of being inactive)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrest"):

countercheck (a check that restrains another check)

logjam (any stoppage attributable to unusual activity)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

Example:

Turn back the tide of communism

Synonyms:

arrest; check; contain; hold back; stop; turn back

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "arrest" is one way to...):

defend (be on the defensive; act against an attack)

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

cut down; cut out (intercept (a player))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
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Something ----s somebody
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Sense 2

Meaning:

Take into custody

Example:

the police nabbed the suspected criminals

Synonyms:

apprehend; arrest; collar; cop; nab; nail; pick up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "arrest" is one way to...):

clutch; prehend; seize (take hold of; grab)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

arrest (the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Attract and fix

Example:

Catch the attention of the waiter

Synonyms:

arrest; catch; get

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "arrest" is one way to...):

attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
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Something ----s somebody
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Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to stop

Example:

halt the presses

Synonyms:

arrest; halt; hold

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "arrest" is one way to...):

stop (cause to stop)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

arrester (a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier)

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 Context examples: 

Inhibition of CDK may result in cell cycle arrest, induction of apoptosis, and inhibition of DNA replication and tumor cell proliferation.

(AG-024322, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon conversion of alestramustine to estramustine, estramustine binds to microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) and beta tubulin, thereby interfering with microtubule dynamics and leading to microtubule disassembly and cell cyle arrest.

(Alestramustine, NCI Thesaurus)

TNP-470 binds to and irreversibly inactivates methionine aminopeptidase-2 (MetAP2), resulting in endothelial cell cycle arrest late in the G1 phase and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis.

(O-Chloroacetylcarbamoylfumagillol, NCI Thesaurus)

In vertebrates, immature oocytes are arrested at the PI (prophase of meiosis I).

(Oocyte Meiosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The ricin A chain component binds to B-cells and disrupts ribosomal activity and protein synthesis and induces cell cycle arrest.

(Monoclonal Antibody HD37-SMPT-dgA Immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

You will let me know when Randall is arrested, and any further developments which may occur.

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

Ombrabulin binds to the colchicine binding site of endothelial cell tubulin, inhibiting tubulin polymerization and inducing mitotic arrest and apoptosis in endothelial cells.

(Ombrabulin, NCI Thesaurus)

Amsilarotene inhibits retinoblastoma-gene product (RB) phosphorylation and increases the presence of 2 cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, resulting in cell cycle arrest.

(Amsilarotene, NCI Thesaurus)

Additionally, andrographolide may exert its anti-cancer activity through the induction of cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase and the stimulation of lymphocyte proliferation and activation.

(Andrographolide, NCI Thesaurus)

Analysis of chromosomes arrested during metaphase.

(Metaphase Spread, NCI Thesaurus)