arrest : अर्थ और परिभाषाएं

To stop; check: a brake that automatically arrests motion; arrested the growth of the tumor.

To seize and hold under the authority of law.

To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.

To undergo cardiac arrest: The patient arrested en route to the hospital.

The act of detaining in legal custody: the arrest of a criminal suspect.

The state of being so detained: a criminal under arrest.

A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part.

The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.