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stopped - What does it mean?

Definition of 'stopped'

English

Verb

(head)
  • (stop)
  • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (of a vehicle) 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.
  • (more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
  • A stopped clock is right twice a day.
  • (of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
  • (of a plant) In a well-pruned state.
  • (phonetics) 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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