arrest
//əˈɹɛst//
Forms
- Plural
- arrests
- present (v1)
- arrest
- past (v2)
- arrested
- past participle (v3)
- arrested
- present participle
- arresting
- 3rd person singular
- arrests
Definitions
1.The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- Did the police arrest Tom?
2.A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
- Did the police arrest Tom?
3.The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.
4.A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- Did the police arrest Tom?
1.To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting.
2.To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
- The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers.
- The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.
3.To catch the attention of.
- There is something about this picture, something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular.
4.To undergo cardiac arrest.
- Realizing the mistake immediately from the outline of the RCA on the fluoroscope screen, he rapidly removed the catheter – just as his patient arrested.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1957
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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.