[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stop \stop\, v. t. imp.  p. p. stopped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   stopping. oe. stoppen, as. stoppian in comp.; akin to
   lg.  d. stoppen, g. stopfen, icel. stoppa, sw. stoppa, dan.
   stoppe; all probably fr. ll. stopare, stupare, fr. l. stuppa
   the coarse part of flax, tow, oakum. cf. estop, stuff,
   stupe a fomentation.
   1. to close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing;
      as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
      --shak.
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   2. to obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way,
      road, or passage.
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   3. to arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut
      in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a
      stream, or a flow of blood.
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   4. to hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or
      efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain;
      to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the
      execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the
      approaches of old age or infirmity.
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            whose disposition all the world well knows
            will not be rubbed nor stopped.       --shak.
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   5. mus. to regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by
      pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or
      by shortening in any way the vibrating part.
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   6. to point, as a composition; to punctuate. r.
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            if his sentences were properly stopped. --landor.
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   7. naut. to make fast; to stopper.
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   syn: to obstruct; hinder; impede; repress; suppress;
        restrain; discontinue; delay; interrupt.
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   to stop off founding, to fill a part of a mold with
      sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is
      not wanted for the casting.

   to stop the mouth. see under mouth.
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see also:
stopped stopping estop stuff stupe to stop off 
to stop the mouth mouth 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stopping \stop"ping\, n.
   1. material for filling a cavity.
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   2. mining a partition or door to direct or prevent a
      current of air.
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   3. far. a pad or poultice of dung or other material applied
      to a horse's hoof to keep it moist. --youatt.
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[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stop
     n 1: the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the
          bottom of the hill" syn: halt
     2: the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some
        remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a
        flood" syn: stoppage
     3: a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a
        stopover to visit their friends" syn: stopover, layover
     4: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
        negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check";
        "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay
        enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop
        in his seat" syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay,
         stoppage
     5: a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is
        atlanta"
     6: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some
        point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are
        too aspirated" syn: stop consonant, occlusive, plosive
        consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive ant: continuant
        consonant
     7: a punctuation mark . placed at the end of a declarative
        sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;
        "in england they call a period a stop" syn: period, point,
         full stop, full point
     8: music a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the
        sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled
        out all the stops"
     9: a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of
        aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the
        diaphragm automatically" syn: diaphragm
     10: a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a
         book as a stop to hold the door open" syn: catch
     11: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
         to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" syn: blockage,
          block, closure, occlusion, stoppage
     v 1: come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "she stopped
          in front of a store window" syn: halt ant: start
     2: put an end to a state or an activity; "quit teasing your
        little brother" syn: discontinue, cease, give up, quit,
         lay off ant: continue
     3: stop from happening or developing; "block his election";
        "halt the process" syn: halt, block, kibosh
     4: interrupt a trip; "we stopped at aunt mary's house"; "they
        stopped for three days in florence" syn: stop over
     5: cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" ant: start
     6: prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the
        negociations" syn: break, break off, discontinue
     7: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion
        or influence of; "arrest the downward trend"; "check the
        growth of communism in sout east asia"; "contain the rebel
        movement"; "turn back the tide of communism" syn: check,
         turn back, arrest, contain, hold back
     8: seize on its way; "the fighter plane was ordered to
        intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's
        airspace" syn: intercept
     9: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;
        either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate
        in a capillary bed"; "your rights stop where you infringe
        upon the rights of other"; "my property ends by the
        bushes"; "the symphony ends in a pianissimo" syn: end,
        finish, terminate, cease ant: begin
     10: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
         the streets"; "stop the busy road" syn: barricade, block,
          blockade, block off, block up, bar
     11: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or
         developments; "hold on a moment" syn: hold on
     also: stopping, stopped
see also:
halt stoppage stopover layover arrest check 
hitch stay stop consonant occlusive plosive consonant 
plosive speech sound plosive continuant consonant period point 
full stop full point diaphragm catch blockage 
block closure occlusion start discontinue 
cease give up quit lay off continue 
kibosh stop over break break off turn back 
contain hold back intercept end finish 
terminate begin barricade blockade block off 
block up bar hold on stopping stopped 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stopping
     n 1: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used
          to join steel members syn: fillet
     2: the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on
        the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch;
        "the violinist's stopping was excellent"
see also:
fillet 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stopping
     see stop
see also:
stop 

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