stopped Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb come to a halt, stop moving
    stop; halt.
    • the car stopped
    • She stopped in front of a store window
  2. verb put an end to a state or an activity
    quit; discontinue; lay off; stop; give up; cease.
    • Quit teasing your little brother
  3. verb stop from happening or developing
    kibosh; stop; halt; block.
    • Block his election
    • Halt the process
  4. verb interrupt a trip
    stop over; stop.
    • we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
    • they stopped for three days in Florence
  5. verb cause to stop
    stop.
    • stop a car
    • stop the thief
  6. verb prevent completion
    break; stop; discontinue; break off.
    • stop the project
    • break off the negotiations
  7. verb hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
    turn back; stop; hold back; arrest; contain; check.
    • Arrest the downward trend
    • Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
    • Contain the rebel movement
    • Turn back the tide of communism
  8. verb seize on its way
    intercept; stop.
    • The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
  9. verb have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
    stop; cease; finish; end; terminate.
    • 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
  10. verb render unsuitable for passage
    bar; block up; stop; blockade; barricade; block off; block.
    • block the way
    • barricade the streets
    • stop the busy road
  11. verb stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
    hold on; stop.
    • Hold on a moment!
  12. adjective satellite (of a nose) blocked
    stopped-up; stopped up.
    • a stopped (or stopped-up) nose

WordNet


Stopped adjective
Definitions
  1. (Phonetics) Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.). H. Sweet.

Webster 1913