[syn: blocked, plugged]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
blocked \blocked\ adj.
1. closed to traffic. Traffic was blocked by an overturned
tractor-trailor
Syn: out of use(predicate).
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2. at a complete standstill because of opposition of two
unrelenting forces or factions.
Syn: deadlocked, stalemated.
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3. unusable because of some obstruction.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
blocked
adj 1: closed to traffic; "the repaving results in many blocked
streets" [syn: blocked, out of use(p)]
2: completely obstructed or closed off; "the storm was
responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"; "the drain
was plugged" [syn: blocked, plugged]