STOPPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stopping mean? 

• STOPPING (noun)
  The noun STOPPING has 2 senses:

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

2. the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch

  Familiarity information: STOPPING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOPPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fillet; stopping

Hypernyms ("stopping" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the violinist's stopping was excellent

Hypernyms ("stopping" is a kind of...):

playing (the act of playing a musical instrument)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stopping"):

double stopping (stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time)

 Context examples 

They walked along as fast as they could, Dorothy only stopping once to pick a beautiful flower; and after a time the Tin Woodman cried out: "Look!"

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Your work seems to have global appeal, so think big and broad—there’s no stopping you this year.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Stopping the medicine too soon can allow the infection to come back and cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics.

(Developing novel ear infection treatments, NIH)

"But stopping deforestation and preserving forests so they can grow more is our next-best solution."

(Study Suggests Trees' Potential to Slow Global Warming in Next 100 Years, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Having to do with stopping abnormal cell growth.

(Antitumor, NCI Dictionary)

Treatment usually involves stopping excess cortisol production by removing the tumor.

(Children with Cushing syndrome may have higher suicide risk, NIH)

I'll be stopping at the Metropole down in Oakland.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Granting that his whole journey was occupied in drawing up the will, then the train was an express, only stopping once between Norwood and London Bridge.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Of our going, arm in arm, and Dora stopping and looking back, and saying, “If I have ever been cross or ungrateful to anybody, don't remember it!” and bursting into tears.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The patient went on without stopping.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)