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behaviour by allowing oneself to do {something}: She'd
stoop to anything to get her own way. | [+v-ing] I know you'd
never stoop to lying.
stoop² n [S] a habitual position with the shoulders bent
forwards or rounded: He's developed a stoop in his old age.
stoop³ n AmE dial a raised area at the door of a house, especially
one big enough for people to sit on; PORCH
stooped /stu:pt/ adj having a stoop: a stooped old man
stoop-ing /'stu:pin/ adj (especially of the shoulders or upper
back) rounded or bent forwards
stop¹ /stop||sta:p/ v -pp- 1 [i;T] to (cause to) no longer
move or no longer continue an action or activity: Don't
jump off the train before it stops. | Do the buses stop (=so that
people can get on/off) at the market? | Stop, thief! (=stop
running) | I think my watch has stopped. (=is no longer
working) | They stopped dead in their tracks (=very sud-
denly) when they saw the bull charging towards them. | He put
his hand out to stop the bus. | How do you stop the machine? |
Apply pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding. | The dispute
has stopped production of the newspaper. | [+v-ing] We stopped
working at teatime. | Stop making such a noise! 2 [T(from)] to
prevent: I'm going, and you can't stop me. | [+obj+v-ing] Her
parents are trying to stop me seeing her. | You must stop her
(from) telling them. 3 [i;T] to (cause to) end: The rain has
stopped. | The referee stopped the fight. 4 [i] to pause; inter-
rupt a journey, activity etc before continuing: I stopped at
the first word I didn't recognize. | We stopped for tea at a
village café. | He stopped for a moment to tie up his shoe-
lace. 5 [i] especially BrE to remain; stay: I've such a lot of work
to do - I'll have to stop in tonight. (=not go out) | We stopped
up (=did not go to bed) until three o'clock. | We invited him to
tea and he stopped for supper. | I won't take my coat off - I'm
not stopping. 6 [T(UP)] to block: There's something inside
stopping (up) the pipe. | (fig.) a bribe large enough to stop his
mouth (=persuade him not to tell secrets) -> compare
UNSTOP 7 [T] to prevent from being given or paid: The bank
stopped his cheque because he had no money in his
account. 8 [T] (in music) to put the fingers on (holes or
strings) in order to change the note played by an instru-
ment 9 stop at nothing (to do something) to be ready to
take any risk (in order to do something) 10 stop short of
(doing)/short at something to decide against doing (a
wrong, dangerous, or serious action); not do: She wouldn't
stop short of stealing (=she would steal) if she thought it
would help her children. -pable adj
Note the patterns in He stopped to listen (=he
paused in order to listen), He stopped listening (=he
didn't listen any more), and He stopped me (from)
listening (=he didn't allow me to listen).
stop around phrv [I] infl, especially AmE to make a short visit,
especially to someone's home
stop by (sthg.) phr v [i;T] to make a short visit to (especially
someone's house): Why don't you stop by (my house) on your
way home?
stop sthg. down phr v [T] to make (the opening of a
camera LENS) smaller so that less light gets in when one takes
a photograph
stop in phr v [{at}] infl to make a short visit, especially to
someone's home
stop off phr v [I] infl to interrupt a journey to make a short
visit to another place, to rest, to visit friends etc: On our way
to Scotland we stopped off in York to do some sightseeing. |
Let's stop off for a drink.
stop over phr v [I] to make a short stay before continuing a
journey: We stopped over in Dubai on our way to India. -> see
also STOPOVER
stop² n 1 an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: We
went straight there; we didn't make any stops on the way. |
Work on the project has come to a stop. (=has stopped) 2 a
place beside a road where public vehicles stop for passengers,
especially a BUS STOP: I'm getting off at the next stop. | This is
your stop. (=where you need to get off) 3 especially BrE a dot as
a mark of PUNCTUATION especially a FULL STOP 4 the part of
a camera which moves to control the amount of light
entering 5 a set of pipes on an ORGAN which provide notes
with a particular type of sound quality 6 also plosive -tech a
consonant sound, such as /p/ or /k/ made by stopping the
flow of air completely and then suddenly letting it out of
the mouth. 7 pull out all the stops to make the greatest
possible effort: He pulled out all the stops to complete the work
in time. 8 put a stop to to stop (especially an undesirable
activity): The new law put a stop to all the tax evasion that
had been going on. -> see also DOORSTOP
stop-cock /'stopkok||'sta:pa:k/ also turncock BrE — n a
VALVE which can be opened or closed to control the flow of
water in a pipe
Stopes, Ma-rie /stəups, 'ma:ri:lma'ri:/ (1880-1958) a British
scientist who in 1921 started the first CLINIC (=a place where
people can go for medical treatment and advice) offering
practical help with BIRTH CONTROL (=methods for control-
ling the number of children you have). She also wrote two
popular books about sex education. At the time, her work was
strongly criticized and opposed by the Roman Catholic
Church and by many doctors with traditional opinions.
stop-gap /'stopgæp||'sta:p-/ n something or someone that
fills a need for a time, until a better person or thing can be
found: They've lent us an old TV as a stopgap until our new
one's delivered. | a stopgap secretary | a stopgap measure
,stop-'go adj [A] BrE infl derog of or being a time in which
periods of activity and inactivity quickly follow each other,
especially in the operation of a country's money supply,
industry etc: the government's stop-go policy of alternate
inflation and deflation
stop-light /'stoplait||'sta:p-/ n AmE for TRAFFIC LIGHT
stop-o-ver /'stop,ouvə||'sta:p-/ n a short stay between
parts of a journey, e.g. on a long plane journey: On the
London-Singapore flight there is a stopover at Bombay. ->
compare STAGING POST; see also STOP OVER
stop-page /'stopid3||'sta:-/ n 1 [C] (a) stopping, especially
of work: All these stoppages (=especially strikes) are costing
the company a fortune. 2 [C;U] especially BrE an amount offi-
cially subtracted from one's pay, especially before one gets it:
After all stoppages he takes home £120 a week. 3 [C;U] a
blocked place or condition: a stoppage of air | a stoppage in
the pipe/artery
Stop-pard, Sir Tom /'stopa:d||'sta:pa:rd/ (1937-) a British
writer of plays, born in the Czech Republic. He first became
well-known for his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are
Dead (1967) and has since written many other plays. He
wrote the film Shakespeare in Love (1999), for which he won
an Oscar.
stop-per /'stopə||'sta:-/ n an object which fits in and closes
the opening of especially a bottle or JAR —stopper v [T(UP)]
stop-ping /'stopin||'sta:-/ BrE || local AmE — adj [A] (of a
train) that stops at all stations
,stop 'press n [the] late news added to a newspaper after the
main part has been printed
stop-watch /'stopwotʃ||'sta:pwa:tʃ, -wa:tʃ/ n' a watch
which can be stopped and started at any time, so that the
time taken by an event or action can be measured exactly:
We timed the race with a stopwatch.
stor-age /'stɔ:rid3/ n [U] 1 the act of storing: storage of
perishable produce | storage space | Check and follow storage
instructions. 2 a place for storing goods: His furniture is in
storage while he finds a new house. 3 the price paid for having
things, e.g. furniture, stored -> see also COLD STORAGE
store¹ /stɔ:r/ v [T] 1 [(UP)] to make and keep a supply of
(something) for future use: The squirrels are busy storing
(up) nuts so they will have food in the winter. | (fig.) You're
storing up trouble for yourself by not admitting the truth
straightaway. | (fig.) Why don't you tell him instead of storing
up grudges against him? 2 [{AWAY}] to put or keep in a special
place while not in use: While she was abroad she stored her
furniture in a warehouse. | A mass of data is stored in the
computer. 3 [{with}] to fill with supplies: The ship was stored
with provisions.
store² n 1 [(of)] a supply for future use: This animal makes a
store of nuts for the winter. | a vast store of statistical data |
adding some items to my food store 2 a large building in which
articles are stored; WAREHOUSE: a grain store 3 a large shop: a
furniture store -> see also CHAIN STORE, DEPARTMENT
STORE 4 especially AmE a shop: the local village store | a liquor/
bargain/variety store 5 [(of)] a large number or amount:
That's just one from his store of silly jokes. 6 in store a) BrE