STOPPED

stopped

Verb

stopped

Adjective

  1. Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;
    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. In the state resulting from having stopped.
    A stopped clock is right twice a day.
  3. Having a stop; being closed at one end.
  4. In a well-pruned state.
  5. Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.


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