forstop
English
/fə(ɹ)ˈstɒp/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To stop up; block; clog; obstruct; (one's breath) to stifle; (a watercourse) to dam up.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forstoppen inherited from Old English forstoppian (close, stop up) prefix from English stop.
Origin
English
stop
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autostop English
- backstop English
- beamstop English
- bookstop English
- checkstop English
- doorstop English
- e-stop English
- firestop English
- ground stop English
- helistop English
- instop English
- misstop English
- multistop English
- non-stop English
- nonstop English
- pit stop English
- ripstop English
- rockstop English
- shortstop English
- stop English
- stop-tap English
- stopband English
- stopbank English
- stopblock English
- stopboard English
- stopcheck English
- stopcock English
- stopgap English
- stopless English
- stoplight English
- stopover English
- stoppable English
- stoppage English
- stopped English
- stopper English
- stoppest English
- stoppeth English
- stoppie English
- stopple English
- stopsign English
- stopstreet English
- stopwatch English
- stopword English
- tramstop English
- unstop English
- unstoppability English
- waterstop English
- whistlestop English
- Verstopfung German
- stopfen German
- verstopfen German
- stop Hungarian
- stop Italian
- stoppare Italian
- auto-stop French
- autostop French
- stop French
- стоп Russian
- stop Spanish, Castilian
- stop Portuguese
- *stuppōną Proto-Germanic
- ストップ Japanese
- forstoppian Old English
- stoppian Old English
- forstoppen Middle English
- stoppen Middle English
- stop Irish
- στοπ Greek (modern)
- stopio Welsh
- stop Latvian
- verstophen Middle High German
- stopohem Albanian
- stap Tok Pisin
- stapim Tok Pisin
- stoppen Low German
- stoppar Interlingua
- stop
- instop
- unstop
- e-stop
- stopper
- stopple
- stopgap
- stoppie
- nonstop
- stopped
- ripstop
- misstop
- stopband
- helistop
- backstop
- firestop
- pit stop
- autostop
- stoppeth
- stopbank
- beamstop
- stopsign
- stopover
- non-stop
- stopcock
- doorstop
- rockstop
- tramstop
- stopword
- bookstop
- stoppage
- stop-tap
- stoppest
- stopless
- waterstop
- stopcheck
- shortstop
- stoplight
- checkstop
- stopblock
- stoppable
- multistop
- stopwatch
- stopboard
- stopstreet
- ground stop
- whistlestop
- unstoppability