Blocking

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              A city . . . besieged and blocked about. --Milton.
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     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.
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     3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
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     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.
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     {To block out}, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out
        roughly; to lay out; to outline; as, to block out a plan.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blocking \Block"ing\, n.
     1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping
        with a block or blocks.
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     2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blocking
       n : (American football) the act of obstructing someone's path
           with your body; "he threw a rolling block into the line
           backer" [syn: {block}, {interference}]