Meaning

3 senses
  1. To 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

  2. (UK)To permanently close or block (a road or path); to legally extinguish a right of way.

  3. 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 sentences
  1. The bus stopped to pick up passengers.

    ruАвтобус остановился, чтобы забрать пассажиров. — Balamax

    deDer Bus hielt, um Fahrgäste aufzunehmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Stop beating yourself up.

    ruПерестань себя изводить. — marafon

    deHör mit der Selbstgeißelung auf. — brauchinet

  3. Tom stopped and looked up.

    ruТом остановился и посмотрел наверх. — marafon

  4. The toilet is stopped up.

    deDie Toilette ist verstopft. — Esperantostern

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  5. Tom and Mary stopped and picked up a hitchhiker.

    deTom und Maria hielten an und nahmen einen Autostopper mit. — brauchinet

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Forms

stops up, stopping up, stopped up, stopped up
Base formstop up · to stop up
3rd person singularstops up
Present participlestopping up
Past simplestopped up
Past participlestopped up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystop up
he, she, itstops up

Past simpleLesson

all personsstopped up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stopped up
he, she, ithas stopped up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stop up

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug:plugsecure

Antonyms

1 antonyms
increase the aperture of a photographic lens:stop down

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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