stopped

Etymology

From stop + -ed. In some senses, the adjective follows from the verb; in others, it may derive directly from the noun stop.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of stop

adj

1. (of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
   We were stopped for more than three hours!
   They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
2. (more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
   A stopped clock is right twice a day.
3. (of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
4. (of a plant) In a well-pruned state.
5. (phonetics) Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.
   þ was first voiced and then stopped , becoming d 1874, Henry Sweet, A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period