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Definition of Stopping

1. Noun. Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members.

2. Noun. 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"

Definition of Stopping

1. n. Material for filling a cavity.

Definition of Stopping

1. Verb. (present participle of stop) ¹

2. Noun. Material for filling a cavity. ¹

3. Noun. (mining) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air. ¹

4. Noun. A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stopping

1. stop [v] - See also: stop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stopping

stopped-up stopped-up(a) stopped over stopped pipe stopped pipes stopped up(p) stopper stopper knot stopper knots stoppered

stoppering stoppers stoppeth stoppie stoppies stopping (current term) stopping distance stopping distances stopping over stopping point

stopping power stoppings stopple stoppled stopples stoppling stops stops over stopsign stopsigns

Literary usage of Stopping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"The cab drove off at the same moment—I started into the road, with some vague idea of stopping it again, I hardly knew why— hesitated from dread of ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1838)
"The prosecutor contended that the order for stopping up the road in ... The power of stopping roads is vested in the justices of the peace, by 55 G. 3. c. ..."

3. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"stopping Back-Water by Brick Dams.—An account is given by Mr. J. Niveu * of the brick dams constructed at the Mirfield Moor pit for stopping back a heavy ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"CARRIERS (§ 262*)—stopping TRAINS AT FLAG STATION. "A railway company ¡в bound to stop its trains in response to proper signals at a flag station at which ..."

5. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"A man-of-war which wishes to visit a neutral stopping vessel must stop her, ... must be shown when vessels tion. are stopped.2 The order for stopping can be ..."

6. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Eugene Fowle (1916)
"stopping Powers ol Various Substances for a Rays. s, the stopping power of a substance for the a rays is approximately proportional to the square root of ..."

7. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"He rode fifty miles without stopping, by daylight, moonlight, starlight, or through the blackness of darkness— just as it happened. ..."

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