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Block

noun

1.

A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides).

2.

A rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings. Synonym: city block.

3.

A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides. Synonym: cube.

4.

A number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit. "He held a large block of the company's stock"

5.

Housing in a large building that is divided into separate units.

6.

(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted.

7.

An inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension. Synonym: mental block.

8.

A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope. Synonyms: pulley, pulley-block, pulley block.

9.

A metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine. Synonyms: cylinder block, engine block.

10.

An obstruction in a pipe or tube. Synonyms: blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage.

11.

A platform from which an auctioneer sells. Synonym: auction block.

12.

The act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements. Synonym: blocking.

verb

(past & past part. blocked; pres. part. blocking)

1.

Render unsuitable for passage. Synonyms: bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stop. "Barricade the streets" , "Stop the busy road"

2.

Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. Synonyms: blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy.

3.

Stop from happening or developing. Synonyms: halt, kibosh, stop. "Halt the process"

4.

Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals. Synonym: jam. "Block the signals emitted by this station"

5.

Run on a block system.

6.

Interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia. "Block a muscle"

7.

Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight. Synonym: obstruct. "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"

8.

Stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block.

9.

Obstruct. Synonyms: choke up, lug, stuff. "Her arteries are blocked"

10.

Block passage through. Synonyms: close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude.

11.

Support, secure, or raise with a block. "Block the wheels of a car"

12.

Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball). Synonyms: deflect, parry.

13.

Be unable to remember. Synonyms: blank out, draw a blank, forget. "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"

14.

Shape by using a block. "Block a garment"

15.

Shape into a block or blocks.

16.

Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets). Synonyms: freeze, immobilise, immobilize. "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

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"Block" Quotes from Famous Books

... Chevaliers were beheaded, while the ex-schoolmaster was hanged. As for young La Truaumont, son of a councillor of the Exchequer, he escaped the block by letting himself be throttled by his guards or gaolers, to whom he ...

— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre

... out this grand advice of yours. I like it hugely; but when the time comes for paying you your debts I shall have to renew the bill. * * * To make me do such work as this is putting a saddle upon a cow"—cutting a block with a razor, as we should say—"clearly I am not made for it; but I will bear it, so that it be ...

— The Life of Cicero - Volume II. • Anthony Trollope

... may allow such corrupt men as Balaam, and such rascals as Albicerius, to have some knowledge of the future, and secret things, and even of the hidden thoughts of men; but he never permits their criminality to remain unrevealed to the end, and so become a stumbling-block for simple or worthy people. The malice of these hypocritical and corrupt men will be made manifest sooner or later by some means; their malice and depravity will be found out, by which it will be judged, either that they are inspired only by the evil spirit, ...

— The Phantom World - or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. • Augustin Calmet

... in one dungeon and lined the party up in front of a stone block in the centre of the floor. After a silence of a full minute to produce a proper degree of impressiveness for the occasion, the warder announced, ...

— "And they thought we wouldn't fight" • Floyd Gibbons

... in the range back of the ranch, taking advantage of draw and canyon whenever possible, even when this demanded a long detour. Sometimes, the canyon bottoms were astonishingly level. At other times boulders and crevices would block them until they had made free use of dynamite. They had all sorts of minor mishaps. Dick was not an expert either in road grading or blasting, although he was far ahead of the Sun Planters ...

— The Forbidden Trail • Honore Willsie

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