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stopping
[ stop-ing ]
noun
- a barrier erected to prevent the flow of air or gas.
stopping
/ ˈɒɪŋ /
noun
- informal.a dental filling
- a solid barrier in a mine tunnel to seal off harmful gases, fire, fresh air from used air, etc
adjective
- making many stops in a journey
a stopping train
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
“They’re stopping us from reaching our lands. What am I going to live on?” he said.
He dived the right way for both shots but had no real chance of stopping them.
According to the psychiatrist, Aswat was "highly ambivalent about the need for medication and had relapsed twice as a result of stopping treatment", which had coincided with violent outbursts.
Hoppus says that since the band reunited three years ago, “there’s no signs of stopping, so that’s awesome. And this book isn’t like my farewell. It’s just a milestone marker.”
Few people would have looked twice at the teenage maid stopping by a Glasgow post box in 1912.
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