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

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