"stop up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: stops up [present, singular, third-person], stopping up [participle, present], stopped up [participle, past], stopped up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stop up (third-person singular simple present stops up, present participle stopping up, simple past and past participle stopped up)
  1. To fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug. Translations (to fill a hole or block an opening or passage): запушвам (zapušvam) (Bulgarian), ŝtopi (Esperanto), obtūrō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-stop_up-en-verb-gkCXOEGk Disambiguation of 'to fill a hole or block an opening or passage': 83 12 5
  2. (UK, law) To permanently close or block (a road or path); to legally extinguish a right of way. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-stop_up-en-verb-5YQUNhtT Categories (other): British English Topics: law
  3. (photography) To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera. Categories (topical): Photography
    Sense id: en-stop_up-en-verb-a-PWhS-2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 27 42 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 22 26 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 24 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 23 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 17 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 37 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 16 32 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 20 19 61 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapušvam",
      "sense": "to fill a hole or block an opening or passage",
      "word": "запушвам"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to fill a hole or block an opening or passage",
      "word": "ŝtopi"
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      "word": "obtūrō"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stop up"
}

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