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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. clear or remove an obstruction from;
- Example: "the procedure unblocked his arteries"

2. play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding;

3. make (assets) available;
- Example: "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
[syn: unblock, unfreeze, free, release]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unblock
    v 1: clear or remove an obstruction from; "the procedure
         unblocked his arteries"
    2: play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a
       hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the
       hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined
       holding
    3: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the
       dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze, free,
       release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise,
       immobilize]