stopped
adjective
- stop, putting a stop to
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /stɒpt/ / /stɔpt/ / /stɑpt/
adj
Etymology: From stop + -ed. In some senses, the adjective follows from the verb; in others, it may derive directly from the noun stop.
- 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!”
“They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.”
- In the state resulting from having stopped.
“A stopped clock is right twice a day.”
- 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.
“þ was first voiced and then stopped , becoming d”
verb
Etymology: From stop + -ed. In some senses, the adjective follows from the verb; in others, it may derive directly from the noun stop.
- simple past and past participle of stop