stopped

Meanings

Verb

• Past of stop

Adjective

• Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;
• In the state resulting from having stopped.
• Having a stop; being closed at one end.
• In a well-pruned state.
• Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.

Origin

• From stop + -ed. In some senses, the adjective follows from the verb; in others, it may derive directly from the noun stop.