Meaning

1 senses

  1. To plug; to stop up.

More definitions
  • close or secure with or as if with a stopper

Origin

From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, from Old French estopail, estopaille. By s

From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, from Old French estopail, estopaille. By surface analysis, stop + -le.

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Forms

stopples, stoppling, stoppled, stoppled
Base formstopple · to stopple
3rd person singularstopples
Present participlestoppling
Past simplestoppled
Past participlestoppled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystopple
he, she, itstopples

Past simpleLesson

all personsstoppled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stoppled
he, she, ithas stoppled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stopple

Synonyms

3 synonyms
estopstanch
Close in meaning
  • close or secure with or as if with a stopper:stopper

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stopoverB2stoppagestopperstopwatchB2storageB1
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