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noun (plural blocks) |
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1. solid lump: a large solid piece of a hard substance, usually with flat sides
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2. construction building unit: a large flat-sided piece of hard material such as stone or wood, used in building
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3. leisure
Same as building block (sense 2)
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4. chopping base: a large piece of wood used for chopping things on
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5. street section: the section of a street between two parallel streets
  The post office is in the middle of the next block.
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6. group of buildings: a group of buildings in a town or city bounded on each side by a street
going for a walk around the block
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7. unbroken expanse or area: a uniform expanse of something such as color
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8. set of similar items: a set of similar items sold as a unit
a block of tickets
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9. comput unit of data: in computing, a set of contiguous data that performs some action as a unit
a block of text
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10. stretch of time: an uninterrupted period of time
set aside a 90-minute block
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11. stamps group of postage stamps: a group of four or more postage stamps forming a rectangle
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12. large building: a building divided into offices or apartments
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13. special-purpose building: a building or part of a building designed for a particular purpose
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14. printing printing device: a piece of wood, metal, or stone with a design engraved on it, used for printing
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15. auctioneer's platform: a stand on which articles in an auction are displayed
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16. place for beheading people: a large piece of wood or stone on which people were beheaded in former times
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17. politics
Another spelling of bloc
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18. obstruction: something that obstructs or prevents progress
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19. sports obstruction of play: in some sports, an act of deliberately preventing a ball or another player from moving forward
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20. football obstructing players: in football, an act of preventing defensive players from interfering with movement toward the goal
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21. sports
Same as starting block
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22. medicine obstruction of physiological function: an interruption of the normal functioning of an organ of the body
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23. disruption of psychological processes: an inability to begin or continue a psychological process, often attributed to emotional stress
I forgot - I must have had a mental block.
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24. mechanical engineering
Same as engine block
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verb (past and past participle blocked, present participle block·ing, 3rd person present singular blocks) |
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1. transitive verb obstruct movement: to prevent or restrict movement through, into, or out of something
The gutters are blocked with leaves.
He stood in front of me, blocking my way.
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2. transitive verb hinder progress of something: to prevent something from taking place
Her promotion was blocked by the senior vice president.
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3. transitive verb obstruct sight of something: to obstruct somebody's line of sight
blocking my view
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4. transitive and intransitive verb sports obstruct player or ball: in some sports, to prevent a ball or another player from moving forward
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5. transitive and intransitive verb football obstruct player: in football, to prevent a defensive player from interfering with movement toward the goal
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6. transitive and intransitive verb medicine prevent normal physiological functioning: to prevent the normal functioning of a physiological process
a blocked tear duct
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7. transitive verb fail to remember: to fail to remember something, or prevent a memory from being recalled
could not block the memory of the accident
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8. transitive verb make something into block: to shape something into a block
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9. transitive verb support something with block: to support or strengthen something using a block
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10. transitive verb shape something on block: to mold something with or on a block
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11. transitive verb printing stamp something using block: to stamp a surface with a title or using an engraved block
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12. transitive verb theater rehearse basic movements for scene: to plan and rehearse the basic movements and positions for the actors in a scene
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| [14th century. Via Old French bloc< Middle Dutch blok "tree trunk"] |
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block and level to level a portable structure by placing blocks of various heights under its corners
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knock somebody's block off to punch somebody in the head (slang)
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on the block for sale at an auction
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