Stopping — synonyms, stopping antonyms, definition

1. stopping (a)

blocking encumbering holding up impeding inhibiting obstructing

2. stopping (Noun)

delay discontinuance fillet hindrance impeding interlude pause postponement surcease suspension

stopping (Noun) — Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members.

stopping (Noun) — The kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch. ex. "the violinist's stopping was excellent"

fastener fastening fixing holdfast playing double stopping

3. stopping (Verb)

arresting barricading barring blockading blocking off blocking up breaking breaking off ceasing checking containing discontinuing ending finishing giving up halting holding back holding on intercepting kiboshing • • • starting

stopping (Verb) — Come to a halt, stop moving. ex. "the car stopped" ex. "She stopped in front of a store window"

stopping (Verb) — Put an end to a state or an activity. ex. "stop teasing your little brother"

stopping (Verb) — Prevent from happening or developing. ex. "stop the process"

stopping (Verb) — Interrupt a trip. ex. "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house" ex. "they stopped for three days in Florence" ex. "we stopped over at Aunt Mary's house"

stopping (Verb) — Cause to stop. ex. "stop a car" ex. "stop the thief"

stopping (Verb) — Prevent completion. ex. "stop the project"

stopping (Verb) — Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of. ex. "stop the growth of communism in South East Asia"

stopping (Verb) — Seize on its way. ex. "The fighter plane was ordered to stop an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

stopping (Verb) — Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. ex. "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"

stopping (Verb) — Render unsuitable for passage. ex. "stop the busy road"

stopping (Verb) — Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments. ex. "stop a moment!"

blocking breaking breaking up catching closing up cutting off defending disrupting ending forbidding foreclosing forestalling grabbing impeding interrupting jamming obstructing obturating occluding precluding • • • adjourning arresting blocking off bogging bogging down braking breaking breaking up bringing up calling calling it a day calling it quits checking cheesing climaxing closing closing off coming out concluding conking • • •