"forstop" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English forstoppen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "forstoppian",
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        "5": "to stop up, close"
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        "2": "verstoppen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to clog, obstruct, conceal"
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      "expansion": "Dutch verstoppen (“to clog, obstruct, conceal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verstopfen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to block, clog, plug, stop up"
      },
      "expansion": "German verstopfen (“to block, clog, plug, stop up”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "förstoppa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to constipate"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish förstoppa (“to constipate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forstoppen, from Old English forstoppian (“to stop up, close”), equivalent to for- + stop. Cognate with Dutch verstoppen (“to clog, obstruct, conceal”), German verstopfen (“to block, clog, plug, stop up”), Swedish förstoppa (“to constipate”).",
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    {
      "form": "forstops",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstopping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstopped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstopped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstopt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstopt",
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        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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      "glosses": [
        "To stop up; block; clog; obstruct; to stifle (the breath); to dam up (a watercourse)."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "stop up",
          "stop up"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "clog",
          "clog"
        ],
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct"
        ],
        [
          "stifle",
          "stifle"
        ],
        [
          "dam",
          "dam"
        ]
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To stop up; block; clog; obstruct; to stifle (the breath); to dam up (a watercourse)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fə(ɹ)ˈstɒp/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forstop"
}

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      },
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    },
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        "2": "verstoppen",
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        "4": "to clog, obstruct, conceal"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verstopfen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to block, clog, plug, stop up"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "förstoppa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to constipate"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish förstoppa (“to constipate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forstoppen, from Old English forstoppian (“to stop up, close”), equivalent to for- + stop. Cognate with Dutch verstoppen (“to clog, obstruct, conceal”), German verstopfen (“to block, clog, plug, stop up”), Swedish förstoppa (“to constipate”).",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstopping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "forstopped",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstopped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstopt",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "forstopt",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
        "To stop up; block; clog; obstruct; to stifle (the breath); to dam up (a watercourse)."
      ],
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        [
          "stop up",
          "stop up"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
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          "clog",
          "clog"
        ],
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct"
        ],
        [
          "stifle",
          "stifle"
        ],
        [
          "dam",
          "dam"
        ]
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To stop up; block; clog; obstruct; to stifle (the breath); to dam up (a watercourse)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fə(ɹ)ˈstɒp/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forstop"
}