N. rest, stillness,
quiescence,
stagnation,
stagnancy,
fixity,
immobility,
catalepsy, indisturbance,
quietism, quiet, tranquility, calm,
repose, peace, dead calm, anticyclone|, statue-like repose, silence, not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring, sleep,
pause,
lull, stand still, standing still,
lock, dead lock, dead stop, dead stand, full stop, fix,
embargo, resting place,
gite,
bivouac, home,
pillow,
haven,
goal V. be quiescent, stand still, lie still, keep quiet,
repose, hold the breath, remain, stay, stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ,
tarry, mark time, bring to, heave to, lay to, pull up, draw up, hold,
halt, stop, stop short, rest,
pause, anchor, cast to an anchor, come to an anchor, rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels, take breath, stop,
stagnate, quieta non movere, let alone,
abide, rest and be thankful, keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed, dwell, settle, alight stick, stick fast, stand like a post, not stir a peg, not stir a step, be at a stand,
quell,
becalm,
hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on
Adj. quiescent, still, motionless, moveless, fixed,
stationary, immotile, at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, stock, still, standing still,
sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home,
becalmed,
stagnant, quiet, unmoved, undisturbed,
unruffled, calm, restful,
cataleptic, immovable, sleeping, silent, still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death,
vegetative,
vegetating Adv. at a stand, tout court, at the halt
Phr. requiescat in pace, deus nobis haec otia fecit, "the noonday quiet holds the hill"
N. arrival,
advent, landing, # debarkation,
disembarkation, reception,
welcome, vin d'honneur, home,
goal, goalpost, landing place, landing stage,
bunder, resting place,
destination,
harbor,
haven, port, airport, spaceport,
terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip,
runway, terminal, journey's end,
anchorage, return,
remigration, meeting,
rencounter,
encounter, completion,
recursion V. arrive, get to, come to, come, reach, attain, come up with, come up to, overtake, make,
fetch, complete, join, rejoin, light,
alight, dismount, land, go ashore,
debark,
disembark, put in, put into, visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent, sit down, get to one's journey's end, make the land, be in at the death, come back, get back, come home, get home, return, come in, make one's appearance, drop in,
detrain, deplane, outspan, de-orbit, come to hand, come at, come across,
hit, come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon, meet,
encounter,
rencounter, come in contact
Adj. arriving, homeward bound
Phr. any port in a storm
N. refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness,
acropolis, keep, last resort, ward, prison, asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute,
almshouse, hiding place, sanctum sanctorum,
roadstead,
anchorage,
breakwater,
mole, port,
haven,
harbor, harbor of refuge,
seaport, pier,
jetty,
embankment,
quay,
covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield,
umbrella, barrier,
dashboard,
dasher, wall, fort, anchor,
kedge,
grapnel, grappling iron,
sheet anchor, killick,
mainstay, support,
cheek,
ballast, jury mast, vent-peg, safety valve, blow-off valve,
safety lamp, lightning rod,
lightning conductor, safety belt, airbag, seat belt, antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires, means of escape lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket,
parachute,
plank, steppingstone, emergency landing,
safeguard V. seek refuge, take refuge, find refuge, seek safety, find safety, throw oneself into the arms of, break for taller timber, create a diversion
Phr. any port in a storm, bibere venenum in auro, valet anchora virtus