What does stopping mean?
Definitions for stopping
stop·ping
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Princeton's WordNet
fillet, stoppingnoun
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
stoppingnoun
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"
Wiktionary
stoppingnoun
Material for filling a cavity.
stoppingnoun
A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
ChatGPT
stopping
Stopping refers to the act of ceasing movement or activity, to bring or come to a halt or an end. It is the process of discontinuing a particular action, behavior, or motion. It can be applied in various contexts such as in transit, action, or operation of machinery, among other scenarios.
Webster Dictionary
Stopping
of Stop
Stoppingnoun
material for filling a cavity
Stoppingnoun
a partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air
Stoppingnoun
a pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'stopping' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2631
Anagrams for stopping »
toppings
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stopping in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stopping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of stopping in a Sentence
Every week, there is another news event that is equally triggering and terrifying, that leaves people not knowing where they can be safe. They are left with an uncertain future in this country, when you dehumanize people and try to erase them completely from existence, it emboldens those who hate this community, and no one is really stopping them, aside from the community rising up.
He drove through the barriers on purpose, broke them, and he hit multiple people. If it was an accident, I could see that happening and maybe him stopping or driving off after hitting one person – but I saw at least 10 people laying on the ground. That was definitely intentional.
It's about stopping doing work that people think is beyond what they were hired to do and not getting compensated for.
My writing is like a ten gallon spring. It can issue from the ground anywhere at all. On smooth ground it rushes swiftly on and covers a thouasand li in a single day without difficulty. When it twists and turns among mountains and rocks, it fits its form to things it meets: unknowable. What can be known is, it always goes where it must go, always stops where it cannot help stopping -- nothing else. More than that, even I cannot know.
Just look at the illegal download of television shows and movies, millions of copies have been downloaded and the government has been unable to stop it. Why would the government be successful in stopping other information like these files from being downloaded?
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