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STOPPING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

the violinist's stopping was excellent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

fillet; stopping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb stop

Credits

 Context examples: 

They stopped by a running stream to drink, and, stopping, Buck remembered John Thornton. He sat down.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Cabazitaxel blocks cell growth by stopping cell division and may kill cancer cells.

(Cabazitaxel, NCI Dictionary)

It kills cancer cells by damaging their DNA and stopping them from dividing.

(Cisplatin, NCI Dictionary)

Infection control is key to stopping MRSA in hospitals.

(MRSA, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

A substance that contains the metal platinum and may kill cancer cells by damaging their DNA and stopping them from dividing.

(Lobaplatin, NCI Dictionary)

Jevtana blocks cell growth by stopping cell division and may kill cancer cells.

(Jevtana, NCI Dictionary)

It blocks cell growth by stopping cell division and may cause cancer cells to die.

(Navelbine, NCI Dictionary)

It blocks cell growth by stopping cell division.

(Oncovin, NCI Dictionary)

They are stopping across the road at the Friar’s Oak inn, and if you would wish it later—

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It blocks cell growth by stopping cell division and may kill cancer cells.

(Paclitaxel, NCI Dictionary)