stopped

Thân thiện

The child has a stopped nose and is using a tissue.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • No longer moving or operating; brought to a halt: Describes something that has ceased its motion or function.
   • Blocked; obstructed: Describes a passage, duct, or opening that is closed or clogged, preventing flow.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The stopped clock showed the wrong time. (The clock that was no longer working showed the wrong time.)
  • We sat in stopped traffic for an hour. (We sat in traffic that was not moving for an hour.)
  • He spoke with a stopped nose due to his cold. (He spoke with a nose that was blocked due to his cold.)

Advanced Usage

• "stopped up": An emphatic form meaning completely blocked or plugged.
  • The drain is stopped up with hair. (The drain is completely blocked with hair.)
• In music, a "stopped note" on a string instrument is one produced by pressing the string against the fingerboard.

Variants and Related Words

• Stop (verb): To cease movement or operation.
• Stopper (noun): A plug for sealing a hole.
• Unstopped (adjective): Not blocked; open.

Synonyms

• Halted: Brought to a stop.
• Blocked: Obstructed; clogged.
• Inactive: Not functioning or operating.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Stop by: To visit briefly.
  • Please stop by my office later.
• Stop over: To stay at a place for a short time during a journey.
  • We'll stop over in Chicago for a night.

Related Idioms

• Stop dead in one's tracks: To halt suddenly.
  • The strange noise made him stop dead in his tracks.
• Put a stop to: To cause something to end.
  • The new law put a stop to the illegal activity.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of a nose) blocked
   • a stopped (or stopped-up) nose

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stopped-up
• stopped up