stopped
adjUK /stɒpt/ · AU, UK, SC /stɔpt/
Etymology From stop + -ed. In some senses, the adjective follows from the verb; in others, it may derive directly from the noun stop.
1
Of a vehicle 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.
2
Broadly 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.
5
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences 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 d1874, Henry Sweet, A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period:
- Derived terms
- a stopped clock is right twice a day, even a stopped clock is right twice a day, glottal-stopped, nonstopped, pre-stopped, stopped clock illusion, stoppedness, stopped pipe