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stop up

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  • verb To fill a hole or cavity, or block an opening or passage, as with a plug.
  • verb 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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

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antonyms (1)

Words with the opposite meaning

  1. stop down

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. close
  2. fill up

hyponyms (6)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. chink
  2. cork
  3. cork up
  4. stopper
  5. stopple
  6. tampon

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