stopping

n. barrier that prevents the flow of air or gas (Mining)

v. halt; cease, quit; close, plug; block; hinder, impede; prevent; delay; pause during a journey

Noun
1. fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
(synonym) fillet
(hypernym) fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
2. the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch; "the violinist's stopping was excellent"
(hypernym) playing
(hyponym) double stopping

Noun
1. the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
(synonym) halt
(hypernym) ending, conclusion, finish
(hyponym) cessation, surcease
2. the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
(synonym) stoppage
(hypernym) act, human action, human activity
(hyponym) standdown, stand-down
(derivation) break, break off, discontinue
3. a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"
(synonym) stopover, layover
(hypernym) stay
(hyponym) night-stop
(derivation) stop over
4. the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
(synonym) arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage
(hypernym) inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
(hyponym) countercheck
(derivation) hold on
5. a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is Atlanta"
(hypernym) topographic point, place, spot
(hyponym) bus stop
(derivation) stop over
6. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
(synonym) stop consonant, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive
(hypernym) consonant
(hyponym) labial stop
(part-meronym) implosion
7. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
(synonym) period, point, full stop, full point
(hypernym) punctuation, punctuation mark
(hyponym) suspension point
8. (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled out all the stops"
(hypernym) knob
(part-holonym) organ, pipe organ
(classification) music
9. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
(synonym) diaphragm
(hypernym) mechanical device
(hyponym) iris, iris diaphragm
(part-holonym) camera, photographic camera
10. a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
(synonym) catch
(hypernym) restraint, constraint
(hyponym) doorstop, doorstopper
(derivation) barricade, block, blockade, block off, block up, bar
11. an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
(synonym) blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stoppage
(hypernym) obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
(hyponym) breechblock, breech closer
Verb
1. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
(synonym) halt
(antonym) start, go, get going
(hyponym) go off
(derivation) halt
2. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
(synonym) discontinue, cease, give up, quit, lay off
(hyponym) drop, knock off
(derivation) stopover, layover
3. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
(synonym) halt, block, kibosh
(hypernym) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
(hyponym) embargo
(derivation) stoppage
4. interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"
(synonym) stop over
(hypernym) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
(hyponym) call
5. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"
(antonym) start, start up
(hyponym) check
(cause) halt
(derivation) halt
6. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negociations"
(synonym) break, break off, discontinue
(hypernym) end, terminate
(hyponym) fracture
(derivation) stoppage
7. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
(synonym) check, turn back, arrest, contain, hold back
(hypernym) defend
(hyponym) cut down, cut out
(derivation) catch
8. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
(synonym) intercept
(hypernym) catch, grab, take hold of
(hyponym) cut off, cut out
(derivation) catch
9. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "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"
(synonym) end, finish, terminate, cease
(hyponym) pass away
10. render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
(synonym) barricade, block, blockade, block off, block up, bar
(hypernym) obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
(hyponym) shut off, block off, close off
(verb-group) obstruct, block
(derivation) catch
11. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"
(synonym) hold on
(hypernym) interrupt, break
(derivation) arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stop
  

(n.)
Material for filling a cavity.
  

(n.)
A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
  

(n.)
A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
  

tou2 bian1 duan4 liu2
Throwing in whips and stopping a river.
Describing an army so vast and powerful that if each man flings his whip into the Yangtze, the flow of the river may be stopped.

tang2 bi4 dang1 che1
A mantis trying to stop a chariot.
Trying to do something beyond one's power. Throwing straw against the wind.

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