stop down

verb

stopped down; stopping down; stops down

transitive verb

: to reduce the effective aperture of (a lens) by means of a diaphragm

Examples of stop down in a Sentence

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In each chapter, Mio and Zoe explore one of their own stories in isolation before hopping to the next — or worse — stopping down entirely for exposition dumps with Rader in an amorphous virtual space. Kyle Wilson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025 The 48 minutes that followed in a miserable 100-97 loss, though, wouldn’t provide any of them, the Lakers bad on offense for most of the night and unable to get a stop down the stretch. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stop down was circa 1891

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“Stop down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20down. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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