stopped
/stɑpt/ adjective A1- 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!· They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
- In the state resulting from having stopped. · A stopped clock is right twice a day.
- 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.
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So they sat down upon the bank and gazed wistfully at the Scarecrow until a Stork flew by, who, upon seeing them, stopped to rest at the water’s edge.
The Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course.
“I wished to inquire why you stopped at the Island of Elba?”
On the very threshold she stopped short, wheeled about, came back and sat down by the table, light and glow as effectually blotted out as if some one had clapped an extinguisher on her.
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