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STOPPED UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stopped up mean?
• STOPPED UP (adjective)
The adjective STOPPED UP has 1 sense:
1. (of a nose) blocked
Familiarity information: STOPPED UP used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a nose) blocked
Synonyms:
stopped; stopped-up; stopped up
Context example:
a stopped (or stopped-up) nose
Similar:
obstructed (shut off to passage or view or hindered from action)
Context examples
Mr. Creakle, at whom of course I looked, shook his head without looking at me, and stopped up a sigh with a very large piece of buttered toast.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It's the old martin house, but I've stopped up the door and made the roof open, so it will hold all sorts of things, and save our valuable time.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Hannah, who had carried wood, made a fire, and stopped up the broken panes with old hats and her own cloak.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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