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/blˈɑkɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Block v. t. (past & past part. blocked; pres. part. blocking)

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. "With moles... would block the port." "A city... besieged and blocked about."

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.

To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.

To cause (any activity) to halt by creating an obstruction; as, to block a nerve impulse; to block a biochemical reaction with a drug.

To block out, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out; to outline; as, to block out a plan.

noun

Blocking n.

The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks.

Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.

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Etymology of 'Blocking'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Blocking" Quotes from Famous Books

... train for Black Harbour. There were a good many passengers going northwards, a good many alighting at Ullerton; and in the hurry and confusion I had some difficulty in finding a place in a second-class carriage, the passengers therein blocking up the windows with that unamiable exclusiveness peculiar to railway travellers. I found a place at last, however; but in hurrying from carriage to carriage I was startled by an occurrence which I have since pondered ...

— Birds of Prey • M. E. Braddon

... our battle-ships or monitors stationed at the entrance of the harbor will be sufficient to prevent the exit of the Spaniards, even if we do not succeed in so blocking the channel with obstructions as to make exit impossible; this will leave the rest of our fleet free to operate elsewhere. Great vigilance will be exercised to prevent the Spanish torpedo-boats from running out and attacking ...

— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 23, June 9, 1898 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

... a glance; he made her a sign that she ought to accept the offer. But she seemed stunned at such a fraud. She was standing there undecided when a policeman told her roughly that she was blocking up the street and that ...

— Nobody's Girl - (En Famille) • Hector Malot

... rascal!" the lad angrily exclaimed. "What do you mean by blocking the sidewalk that way? It's against the law, and I could have you arrested ...

— Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground • Victor Appleton

... rigidly blocking out the cause of his unrest—that he was more or less dependent upon Rhoda Kane for the luxuries that were involved in seeing her, having a relationship with her. He could neither ask her to dine ...

— Ten From Infinity • Paul W. Fairman

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