Definition of cease

The noun cease has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

((`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end)

The verb cease has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

(put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother")

(have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "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")