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block
English
- 🔊 a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)“the pyramids were built with large stone blocks”
- 🔊 housing in a large building that is divided into separate units“there is a block of classrooms in the west wing”
- 🔊 an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do“I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block”
- 🔊 a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit“he reserved a large block of seats”
- 🔊 a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings“he lives in the next block”
- 🔊 (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted“since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably”
- 🔊 a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- 🔊 the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- 🔊 a platform from which an auctioneer sells“they put their paintings on the block”
- 🔊 an obstruction in a pipe or tube“we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe”
- 🔊 a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine“the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked”
- 🔊 a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- 🔊 shape into a block or blocks“block the graphs so one can see the results clearly”
- 🔊 shape by using a block“Block a hat”
- 🔊 support, secure, or raise with a block“block a plate for printing”
- 🔊 stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block“block the book cover”
- 🔊 interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia“block a nerve”
- 🔊 run on a block system“block trains”
- 🔊 prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)“Blocked funds”
- 🔊 be unable to remember“I'm drawing a blank”
- 🔊 interfere with or prevent the reception of signals“Jam the Voice of America”
- 🔊 impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)“block an attack”
- 🔊 render unsuitable for passage“block the way”
- 🔊 shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight“The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage”
- 🔊 hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of“His brother blocked him at every turn”
- 🔊 stop from happening or developing“Block his election”
- 🔊 obstruct“My nose is all stuffed”
- 🔊 block passage through“obstruct the path”
Spanish
- 🔊 cuadernal block
- 🔊 tapón block
- 🔊 atajar to block
- 🔊 bloquear to block
- 🔊 blocar to block, tackle
- 🔊 interceptar to block, interrupt
- 🔊 obturar to block, clog, plug
- 🔊 tapar to block, to obstruct, to clog
- 🔊 cegar to block, obstruct (a passageway, etc.)
- 🔊 bloquear to block, to impede, to hinder, to stymie