stopped

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of stop

comparative more stopped · superlative most stopped

1. 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!

   1 more example

   They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.

2. broadlyIn the state resulting from having stopped.

   A stopped clock is right twice a day.

3. Having a stop; being closed at one end.
4. In a well-pruned state.
5. human sciencesMade by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.

   þ was first voiced and then stopped , becoming d

   1874, Henry Sweet, A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period