to block, obstruct, or close (a passageway, channel, opening, duct, etc.) (usually fol. by up): He stopped up the sink with a paper towel. He stopped the hole in the tire with a patch. To cease moving, progressing, acting, or operating; come to a halt: The clock stopped in the night. 2. To put an end to what one is doing; cease: had to stop at an exciting place in the book. Adjective stopped (comparative more stopped, superlative most stopped) (of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle. Many English learners often get confused between “Stopped” and “Stoped” because both forms may seem correct at first glance. However, only “Stopped” is the correct spelling in standard English grammar. Meaning of stopped in English stopped past simple and past participle of stop (Definition of stopped from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Meaning of stopped in English stopped past simple and past participle of stop (Definition of stopped from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) The correct form is stopped. In English, when a verb ends with a single vowel followed by a single consonant, and the stress is on the final syllable, you double the consonant before adding -ed. The correct spelling is always “stopped”, with a double “p.” This follows a basic English grammar rule where verbs ending in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern double the final consonant before adding “-ed.” They were walking away and suddenly stopped. I stopped dead in my tracks [=stopped suddenly] when I saw the bear. Synonyms for STOPPED: prevented, precluded, refused, excluded, rejected, suppressed, blocked, revoked; Antonyms of STOPPED: permitted, permissible, acceptable, allowable, endorsed, authorized, appropriate, approved.