stopped
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /stɑpt/
Verb
  1. Simple past tense and past participle of stop
Adjective

stopped

  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. (more generally) 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. (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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