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stopped

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/stɑpt/ English

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verb

  1. To cease moving.“I stopped at the traffic lights.”
  2. To not continue.“Soon the rain will stop.”
  3. To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.“The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.”
  4. To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).“One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.”

adjective

  1. (of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.“They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.”
  2. (more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.“A stopped clock is right twice a day.”
  3. (of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
  4. (of a plant) In a well-pruned state.

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