English verb: stop up | |||
| 1. | stop up (contact) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug | ||
| Samples | Plug the hole. Stop up the leak. | ||
| Synonyms | plug, secure | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | close, fill up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chink, cork, cork up, stopper, stopple, tampon | ||
| Entail | enter, infix, insert, introduce | ||