stop up
To fill a hole or cavity, or block, as with a plugTo fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug.
» The bus stopped to pick up passengers.
Der Bus hielt, um Fahrgäste aufzunehmen.
Автобус остановился, чтобы забрать пассажиров.
Автобус остановился, чтоб подобрать пассажиров.
Автобус остановился, чтобы подобрать пассажиров.
Meaning
3 sensesTo fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug.
fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
(UK)To permanently close or block (a road or path); to legally extinguish a right of way.
To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.
Examples
33 sentencesThe bus stopped to pick up passengers.
ruАвтобус остановился, чтобы забрать пассажиров.
deDer Bus hielt, um Fahrgäste aufzunehmen.
Stop beating yourself up.
ruПерестань себя изводить.
deHör mit der Selbstgeißelung auf.
Tom stopped and looked up.
ruТом остановился и посмотрел наверх.
The toilet is stopped up.
deDie Toilette ist verstopft.
Tom and Mary stopped and picked up a hitchhiker.
deTom und Maria hielten an und nahmen einen Autostopper mit.
Forms
stops up, stopping up, stopped up, stopped up| Base form | stop up · to stop up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | stops up |
| Present participle | stopping up |
| Past simple | stopped up |
| Past participle | stopped up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- stop upзакріпити, укріпитиTo fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug.
- stop offутримувати, триматиTo make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place, either same-day or overnight.
- stop overутримувати, триматиTo interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay.
- stop outTo use an acid-resistant liquid (stopout) to cover the parts of a surface that should not be bitten.
- stop inTo make a brief visit to a place while passing.
- stop downTo decrease the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a lower number to an f/stop represented by a higher number.
- stop intoTo briefly visit.
- stop byUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, by.
Synonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb