stopped
part of speech
verb, past form of stop (stop, stops, stopped, stopping); adjective (stopped)
meaning for a pupil
1) Stopped means came to an end or made something end: «The rain stopped». tree →
2) Stopped means no longer moving: «The bus stopped at the corner». tree →
3) Stopped can mean blocked: «a stopped sink». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means shut or blocked, as springs of water were stopped, or ended, as rain stopped. In the Prophets and Writings it also means to shut ears so as not to listen, and to stop lies by silencing the mouth of those who speak them. Interpretation: The people who "stopped their ears" are read as refusing to hear the prophets. Hezekiah stopping the spring of Gihon is read as a wise act to protect Jerusalem's water in time of siege. In the primary lessons: In stories, «stopped» marks a sudden change: «Suddenly the music stopped». In science, a moving object stopped by friction or a force; in maths problems about journeys, «stopped for 10 minutes» means add 10 minutes to the time and no distance in that time. In safety, look and wait until the car has stopped before crossing. Phrases: «stopped to» (paused to do), «stopped doing» (no longer did).
examples
- the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. (Torah GEN.8.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. (Torah GEN.26.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. (Torah LEV.15.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- But they refused to attend, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. (Prophets ZEC.7.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory; for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. (Writings PSA.63.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. (Writings 2CH.32.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- The rain stopped at last. tree →
- The car stopped at the red light. tree →
- She stopped to tie her shoe. tree →
- He stopped eating sweets. tree →
- The clock stopped at midnight. tree →
- Wait until the bus has stopped before you get off. tree →
- We stopped for lunch on the way. tree →
- Suddenly the noise stopped. tree →
- They stopped in a wide courtyard. tree →
note
Double p: stop → stopped, stopping. Meaning changes: «stopped to talk» = paused something else in order to talk; «stopped talking» = no more talking. Maths: if a train goes 60 km in an hour then stopped for 15 minutes, it still went 60 km.
In the corpora
- the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
- But they refused to attend, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
- The boiler heats the water and the radiators, and "packed in" means it has stopped working.
- Being dead means the body has stopped working for ever; it is not the same as sleep.
- The North American wood frog can freeze solid in winter, with its heart stopped, and thaw and hop away in spring.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stopped» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.