- Blocking
- Block Block (bl[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blocked}
(bl[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blocking}.] [Cf. F. bloquer, fr.
bloc block. See {Block}, n.]
1. To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to
prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the
way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed
by up; as, to block up a road or harbor; to block an
entrance.
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With moles . . . would block the port. --Rowe. [1913 Webster]
A city . . . besieged and blocked about. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each. [1913 Webster]
3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat. [1913 Webster]
4. to cause (any activity) to halt by creating an obstruction; as, to block a nerve impulse; to block a biochemical reaction with a drug. [PJC]
{To block out}, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out; to outline; as, to block out a plan. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
