Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: stopped, stopped-up, stopped_up

'stopped'

[stop.v.01] as in: come to a halt, stop moving

Examples:
the car stopped
She stopped in front of a store window

'stopped'

[discontinue.v.01] as in: put an end to a state or an activity

Examples:
Quit teasing your little brother

'stopped'

[stop.v.03] as in: stop from happening or developing

Examples:
Block his election
Halt the process

'stopped'

[stop.v.04] as in: interrupt a trip

Examples:
we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
they stopped for three days in Florence

'stopped'

[stop.v.05] as in: cause to stop

Examples:
stop a car
stop the thief

'stopped'

[break.v.10] as in: prevent completion

Examples:
stop the project
break off the negotiations

'stopped'

[check.v.18] as in: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

Examples:
Arrest the downward trend
Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
Contain the rebel movement
Turn back the tide of communism

'stopped'

[intercept.v.01] as in: seize on its way

Examples:
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace

'stopped'

[end.v.01] as in: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Examples:
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
My property ends by the bushes
The symphony ends in a pianissimo

'stopped'

[barricade.v.01] as in: render unsuitable for passage

Examples:
block the way
barricade the streets
stop the busy road

'stopped'

[hold_on.v.02] as in: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

Examples:
Hold on a moment!

'stopped'

[stopped.s.01] as in: (of a nose) blocked

Examples:
a stopped (or stopped-up) nose

Origins

					stopped (English)
├── -ed (English)
│   └── -od (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── stop (English)
    ├── stoppe (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── stoppa (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── stoppen (Middle English (1100-1500))