stope (stōp) n. An excavation in the form of steps made by the mining of ore from steeply inclined or vertical veins.
tr.v. stoped ,
stop·ing ,
stopes To remove (ore) from or mine by means of a stope.
[Perhaps from Low German, step , from Middle Low German stōpe .]
stop′er n.
stope (stəʊp ) n (Mining & Quarrying) a steplike excavation made in a mine to extract ore
vb (Mining & Quarrying) to mine (ore, etc) by cutting stopes
[C18: probably from Low German stope; see stoop2 ]
stope (stoʊp) n., v. stoped, stop•ing. n. 1. an excavation made in a mine, esp. from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
v.i., v.t. 2. to mine by stopes.
[1740–50; appar. < Low German
stope; see
stoop 2 ]
stop′er, n.
stope Past participle: stopedGerund: stopingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I stope you stope he/she/it stopes we stope you stope they stope
Preterite I stoped you stoped he/she/it stoped we stoped you stoped they stoped
Present Continuous I am stoping you are stoping he/she/it is stoping we are stoping you are stoping they are stoping
Present Perfect I have stoped you have stoped he/she/it has stoped we have stoped you have stoped they have stoped
Past Continuous I was stoping you were stoping he/she/it was stoping we were stoping you were stoping they were stoping
Past Perfect I had stoped you had stoped he/she/it had stoped we had stoped you had stoped they had stoped
Future I will stope you will stope he/she/it will stope we will stope you will stope they will stope
Future Perfect I will have stoped you will have stoped he/she/it will have stoped we will have stoped you will have stoped they will have stoped
Future Continuous I will be stoping you will be stoping he/she/it will be stoping we will be stoping you will be stoping they will be stoping
Present Perfect Continuous I have been stoping you have been stoping he/she/it has been stoping we have been stoping you have been stoping they have been stoping
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been stoping you will have been stoping he/she/it will have been stoping we will have been stoping you will have been stoping they will have been stoping
Past Perfect Continuous I had been stoping you had been stoping he/she/it had been stoping we had been stoping you had been stoping they had been stoping
Conditional I would stope you would stope he/she/it would stope we would stope you would stope they would stope
Past Conditional I would have stoped you would have stoped he/she/it would have stoped we would have stoped you would have stoped they would have stoped