Stop Stopped Make Longer Suddenly I Extra Examples

• the car stopped at the traffic lights.
• ann stopped in front of the house.
• this train doesn’t stop at oxford.
• he was stopped by the police for speeding.

stop

Verb Forms

1. to no longer move; to make somebody/something no longer move
• The car stopped at the traffic lights.
• Ann stopped in front of the house.
• This train doesn’t stop at Oxford.
• He was stopped by the police for speeding.
• She stopped the car opposite the school.

Extra Examples

• Suddenly he stopped dead: what was he doing?
• The buses stop outside the school.
• Soldiers took up positions along roads, stopping and searching cars.
• Passers-by stopped and stared in the window.
• She made them stop the car and let her out.
• Flooding has stopped the traffic through the center of town.
2. to no longer continue to do something; to make somebody/something no longer do something
• Can't you just stop?
• That phone never stops ringing!
• Don't you ever stop talking?
• Please stop crying and tell me what's wrong.
• She criticizes everyone and the trouble is, she doesn't know when to stop.
• Stop me (= make me stop talking) if I'm boring you.
• Stop it! You're hurting me.
• Mike immediately stopped what he was doing.

Extra Examples

• He never knows when to stop.
• He couldn't stop thinking about her.
• I was enjoying myself so much I didn't want to stop.
• We need to stop making excuses.
• After three weeks we had stopped expecting to hear any news.
• She's trying to stop smoking and lose weight.
• They can't stop talking about the holiday.
• She didn't stop working until she was 80.
• They paid farmers to stop using chemicals.
• It's time to stop playing and go home.
3. to end or finish; to make something end or finish
• When is this fighting going to stop?
• The bus service stops at midnight.
• Has it stopped raining yet?
• Doctors couldn't stop the bleeding.
• The referee was forced to stop the game because of heavy snow.
• She called on both sides to stop the violence.

Extra Examples

• When is the violence going to stop?
• The sobs came less frequently, then stopped altogether.
• The story stops and starts, with little emphasis on continuity.
• The peace movement failed to stop the war.
• He knew he had to stop the blood flow.
• On the farm, the work never stops.
4. to prevent somebody from doing something; to prevent something from happening
• I want to go and you can't stop me.
• efforts to stop the spread of the disease
• There's no stopping us now (= nothing can prevent us from achieving what we want to achieve).
• You can't stop people (from) saying what they think.
• They tried to stop me from leaving.
• There's nothing to stop you from accepting the offer.

Extra Examples

• He's dangerous and needs to be stopped.
• Measures must be taken to stop the spread of the virus.
• The activists failed to stop the tests from going ahead.
• If she wants to go, I'm certainly not going to try and stop her.
• Technology could help to stop future attacks.
• The internet has stopped young people from talking to each other.
5. to end an activity for a short time in order to do something
• I'm hungry. Let's stop for lunch.
• We stopped for the night in Port Augusta.
• We stopped to admire the scenery.
• People just don't stop to think about the consequences.

Extra Examples

• The film really makes you stop and think.
• If you just stop and listen, it's amazing what you can hear.
6. to no longer be working or functioning; to make something be no longer working or functioning
• Why has the engine stopped?
• What time is it? My watch has stopped.
• I felt as if my heart had stopped.
• Can you stop the printer once it’s started?
7. to stay somewhere for a short time, especially at somebody’s house
• I'm not stopping. I just came to give you this message.
• Can you stop for tea?
8. to prevent money from being paid
• to stop a cheque (= tell the bank not to pay it)
• Employees of the failed company will have their wages stopped from tomorrow.
• Dad threatened to stop £1 a week from our pocket money if we didn't clean our rooms.
9. to block, fill or close a hole, an opening, etc.
• Stop up the other end of the tube, will you?
• I stopped my ears but still heard her cry out.
10. to be willing to do anything to get what you want, even if it is dishonest or wrong
• She’ll stop at nothing to make money.
11. to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit
12. to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you
• The question stopped Alice in her tracks.
• Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing?
• The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes.
13. to suddenly stop, or make somebody suddenly stop, doing something
• He stopped short when he heard his name.
• ‘I’m pregnant,’ she said. That stopped him short.
14. to be unwilling to do something because it may involve a risk, but to nearly do it
• She stopped short of calling the president a liar.
• The protest stopped short of a violent confrontation.

Word Origin

• Old English (for)stoppian ‘block up (an aperture)’, of West Germanic origin; related to German stopfen, from late Latin stuppare ‘to stuff’.