Definitions
How to pronounce stopped:
Stopped - as an adjective satellite
Stopped - as a verb
To cease moving.
Example: "I stopped at the traffic lights."
To not continue.
Example: "Soon the rain will stop."
To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
Example: "The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks."
To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
Example: "One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting."
To cause (something) to come to an end.
Example: "The referees stopped the fight."
To close or block an opening.
Example: "He stopped the wound with gauze."
(often with "up" or "down") to adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
Example: "To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22."
To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
Example: "He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive."
To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
To punctuate.
To make fast; to stopper.
Stopped - as an adjective
(of a vehicle) not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
Example: "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.
Example: "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.
Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
STOPPED has a SCRABBLE points total of 12.
STOPPED has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 14.
STOPPED has a WORDFEUD points total of 14.
