Synonyms for stopped

Grammar : Adj

Spell : stop

Phonetic Transcription : stɒp

Définition of stopped

Origin : Old English -stoppian (in forstoppian "to stop up, stifle"), a general West Germanic word (cf. West Frisian stopje, Middle Low German stoppen, Old High German stopfon, German stopfen "to plug, stop up," Old Low Frankish (be)stuppon "to stop (the ears)"), but held by many sources to be a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *stuppare "to stop or stuff with tow or oakum" (cf. Italian stoppare, French étouper "to stop with tow"), from Latin stuppa "coarse part of flax, tow." Plugs made of tow were used from ancient times in Rhine valley. Barnhart, at least, proposes the whole Germanic group rather might be native, from a base *stoppon.
Sense of "bring or come to a halt" (mid-15c.) is from notion of preventing a flow by blocking a hole, and the word's development in this sense is unique to English, though it since has been widely adopted in other languages; perhaps influenced by Latin stupere "be stunned, be stupefied." Stop-and-go (adj.) is from 1926, originally a reference to traffic signals.

adj at a halt

Example sentences :

At sunset he would have stopped for the day, camping on the spot.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

As the waiter would have refilled the glasses, Blythe stopped him.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

If the West stopped producin' men fur you, you'd be as bad off as if it stopped producin' food.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

He was stopped by a policeman, who demanded, "Whose bag is that, Johnny?"
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

They stopped short in surprise at the sight of Robert and Bates.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Perhaps it would have been better if it had stopped, but you see it has not.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Then he stopped, tore off his shirt, and ripped it with his right hand and his teeth into strips.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

She stopped the running and meditated with a steady, hard deliberation.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

I wanted to ask after the boy, but there was a look in her face that stopped me.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

There was a wild yell; Andrew was stopped in mid-air by a rifle thrust into his stomach.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

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