stopped

Meanings

Verb

• come to a halt, stop moving
  • "the car stopped"
  • "She stopped in front of a store window"
• put an end to a state or an activity
• stop from happening or developing
• interrupt a trip
  • "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"
  • "they stopped for three days in Florence"
• cause to stop
• prevent completion
• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
• seize on its way
• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
• render unsuitable for passage
• stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
• simple past and past participle of stop

Adjective Satellite

• (of a nose) blocked
  • "a stopped (or stopped-up) nose"

Adj

• Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
• In the state resulting from having stopped.
• Having a stop; being closed at one end.
• In a well-pruned state.
• Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.

Synonyms

arrest, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, break, break off, cease, check, contain, discontinue, end, finish, give up, halt, hold back, hold on, intercept, kibosh, lay off, quit, stop, stop over, stopped up, stopped-up, terminate, turn back

Antonyms

begin, continue, start