stop up

== English == === Verb === stop up (third-person singular simple present stops up, present participle stopping up, simple past and past participle stopped up) To fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug. Coordinate terms: plug up, stop off (UK, law) To permanently close or block (a road or path); to legally extinguish a right of way. Coordinate terms: block off, close off (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. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “increase the aperture of a photographic lens”): stop down ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === post up, post-up, top-ups, tops up, topups