adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of stop form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.

   "We were stopped for more than three hours!"

2. 2
   In the state resulting from having stopped. broadly

   "A stopped clock is right twice a day."

3. 3
   Having a stop; being closed at one end.
4. 4
   In a well-pruned state.
5. 5
   Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.

   "þ was first voiced and then stopped , becoming d"

Adjective

1. 1
   (of a nose) blocked wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

obstructedaccentedalveolarapicalapico-alveolarapico-dental

Antonyms

All antonyms

flowmotionmovecontinuous

Example

More examples

"Communism was the political system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but that stopped in 1993."

Etymology

From stop + -ed. In some senses, the adjective follows from the verb; in others, it may derive directly from the noun stop.

Related phrases

a stopped clock is right twice a dayeven a stopped clock is right twice a dayglottal-stoppedpre-stoppedstopped clock illusionstopped pipe

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