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stopping

[ stop-ing ]

noun

Mining.
  1. a barrier erected to prevent the flow of air or gas.


stopping

/ ˈɒɪŋ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a dental filling
  2. a solid barrier in a mine tunnel to seal off harmful gases, fire, fresh air from used air, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. making many stops in a journey

    a stopping train

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stopping1

1700–05; special use of stopping, verbal noun of stop; -ing 1
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“They’re stopping us from reaching our lands. What am I going to live on?” he said.

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He dived the right way for both shots but had no real chance of stopping them.

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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.

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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.”

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Few people would have looked twice at the teenage maid stopping by a Glasgow post box in 1912.

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