What does stopping mean?
Stopping means present participle and gerund of stop.
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/ˈstɒp.ɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of stop.
constant startings and stoppings
an amalgam stopping
curious antiquaries, sifting the ruins of time, when London is a grass-grown path and all those hurrying along the pavement this Wednesday morning are but bones with a few wedding rings mixed up in their dust and the gold stoppings of innumerable decayed teeth
Then one day a big stopping came out of one of my back teeth.
1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse The drawing poultices and stoppings of farriers are often highly injurious, instead of abating inflammation .
Use stopping when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stopping means present participle and gerund of stop.
Common synonyms include hiatus, moratorium, recess, filling.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
constant startings and stoppings
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