stopped

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of stop

adj

1. Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.

   “We were stopped for more than three hours!”

   “They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.”

2. (broadly)In the state resulting from having stopped.

   “A stopped clock is right twice a day.”

3. Having a stop; being closed at one end.
4. In a well-pruned state.
5. Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.

   “þ was first voiced and then stopped , becoming d”