stopping

Plural: stoppings

Noun

• The act of discontinuing; material used to plug a hole.
• fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
• 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"
• The act of something that stops; a halt.
• Material for filling a cavity in a tooth.
• A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
• A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.

Verb

• come to a halt, stop moving
• put an end to a state or an activity
• stop from happening or developing
• interrupt a trip
• cause to stop
• prevent completion
• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
• seize on its way
• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
• render unsuitable for passage
• stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
• present participle and gerund of stop

Examples

• an amalgam stopping
• constant startings and stoppings
• The STOPPING of crucial lines is a key defensive strategy in Words With Friends.

Synonyms

arrest, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, break, break off, cease, check, contain, discontinue, end, fillet, finish, give up, halt, hold back, hold on, intercept, kibosh, lay off, quit, stop, stop over, terminate, turn back, filling#Noun, hiatus, moratorium, pause, recess

Antonyms

begin, continue, start