Block (bl k), Herbert Lawrence Known as Her·block (hûr blk) 1909-2001. American editorial cartoonist whose witty works have appeared in the Washington Post and more than 200 other papers nationwide. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1942 and in 1954. |
| block (blk) n. 1. a. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides. b. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support. c. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done: a butcher's block. d. Such a piece upon which persons are beheaded. e. One of a set of small wooden or plastic pieces, such as a cube, bar, or cylinder, used as a building toy. f. Printing A large amount of text. g. Sports A starting block. 2. A stand from which articles are displayed and sold at an auction: Many priceless antiques went on the block. 3. A mold or form on which an item is shaped or displayed: a hat block. 4. A substance, such as wood or stone, that has been prepared for engraving. 5. a. A pulley or a system of pulleys set in a casing. b. An engine block. 6. A bloc. 7. A set of like items, such as shares of stock, sold or handled as a unit. 8. A group of four or more unseparated postage stamps forming a rectangle. 9. Canadian A group of townships in an unsurveyed area. 10. a. A usually rectangular section of a city or town bounded on each side by consecutive streets. b. A segment of a street bounded by consecutive cross streets and including its buildings and inhabitants. 11. A large building divided into separate units, such as apartments. 12. A length of railroad track controlled by signals. 13. The act of obstructing. 14. Something that obstructs; an obstacle. 15. a. Sports An act of bodily obstruction, as of a player or ball. b. Football Legal interference with an opposing player to clear the path of the ball carrier. 16. Medicine Interruption or obstruction of a physiological function: nerve block. 17. Psychology A sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression. Also called mental block. 18. Slang The human head: threatened to knock my block off. 19. A blockhead. v. blocked, block·ing, blocks v.tr. 1. To shape into a block or blocks. 2. To support, strengthen, or retain in place by means of a block. 3. To shape, mold, or form with or on a block: block a hat. 4. a. To stop or impede the passage of or movement through; obstruct: block traffic. b. To shut out from view: a curtain blocking the stage. c. To stop the passage of (a motion or bill) in a legislative assembly. 5. To indicate broadly without great detail; sketch. Often used with out: block out a plan of action; block out stage movements. 6. Sports To impede the movement of (an opponent or the ball) by physical interference. 7. Medicine To interrupt or obstruct the proper functioning of (a physiological process), especially by the use of drugs. 8. Psychology To fail to remember. 9. To run (trains) on a block system. v.intr. Phrasal Verb: 1. Sports To obstruct the movement of an opponent. 2. To suffer a mental block. Often used with on: I blocked on his name. block out Idioms: 1. To cover over so as to be illegible: block out sensitive information from a document before releasing it. 2. To repress (a traumatic event, for example) from conscious memory. go on the block To be offered for sale. out of the blocks From a starting position, as in a race or contest: The company has in the past been slow out of the blocks to adapt to consumer tastes. put on the block To offer for sale. [Middle English blok, from Old French bloc, from Middle Dutch.] block er n.Synonyms: block, hide1, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud These verbs mean to cut off from sight: a tree that blocked the view; a road hidden by brush; mist that obscured the mountain peak; skyscrapers obstructing the sky; a fence that screens the alley; a face shrouded by a heavy veil. See Also Synonyms at hinder1, obstacle. |
block
Noun
1. a large solid piece of wood, stone, etc.
2. such a piece on which particular tasks may be done, as chopping, cutting, etc.
3. a large building of offices, flats, etc.
4. a group of buildings in a city bounded by intersecting streets on each side
5. an obstruction or hindrance: a writer with a block
6. one of a set of wooden or plastic cubes as a child's toy
7. Slang a person's head
8. a piece of wood, metal, etc., engraved for printing
9. a casing housing one or more freely rotating pulleys See also block and tackle
10. a quantity considered as a single unit
Verb
1. to obstruct or impede by introducing an obstacle: lorry drivers had blocked the routes to Paris
2. to impede, retard, or prevent (an action or procedure)
3. to stamp (a title or design) on (a book cover, etc.)
4. Cricket to play (a ball) defensively
See also block out [Dutch blok]
blockage n
Block a quantity, number, or a section of something; a large quantity of anything dealt with at once, in a mass, wholesale; a group of houses or a building consisting of flats.
Examples: blocks of bonds; of flats; of shares.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" anvil - a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering chopping block - a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split crosshead - metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth square block, cube - a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube domino - a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots block of metal, ingot, metal bar - metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling nog - a wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it nut - a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt inking pad, inkpad, stamp pad, pad - a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp slab - block consisting of a thick piece of something starting block - block providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race step - a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed swage block - an iron block cut with holes and grooves to assist in cold working metal type - a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up" |
| 2. |  block - a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; "he lives in the next block" | |
| 3. |  block - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sidesgoldbrick - a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not solid - a three-dimensional shape | |
| 4. | block - a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock" aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole | |
| 5. | block - housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing" hospital ward, ward - block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward" | |
| 6. | 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" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory sector - the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes bad block - (computer science) a block (usually one sector) that cannot reliably hold data | |
| 7. | block - an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block" inability - lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something writer's block - an inability to write; "he had writer's block; the words wouldn't come" | |
| 8. |  block - 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 ropeblock and tackle - pulley blocks with associated rope or cable bullock block, bollock - a pulley-block at the head of a topmast fairlead - a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing idle pulley, idle wheel, idler pulley - a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it simple machine, machine - a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point | |
| 9. |  block - a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine; "the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked"piston chamber, cylinder - a chamber within which piston moves internal-combustion engine, ICE - a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine reciprocating engine - an internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders | |
| 10. | block - an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" breech closer, breechblock - a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing impedimenta, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment - any structure that makes progress difficult vapor lock, vapour lock - a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) | |
| 11. |  block - a platform from which an auctioneer sells; "they put their paintings on the block"platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform" | |
| 12. | block - the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements obstruction - getting in someone's way interference - (American football) blocking a player's path with your body; "he ran interference for the quarterback" trap block - (American football) an illegal block parry - (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword | |
| Verb | 1. | block - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path" close - bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours" |
| 2. | block - hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" stonewall - obstruct or hinder any discussion; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls" foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" filibuster - obstruct deliberately by delaying check - block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey hang - prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury bottleneck - slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" | |
| 3. | block - stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" embargo - prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya" foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" stay - stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution order" | |
| 4. | block - interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station" cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" barrage jam - jam an entire frequency spectrum; "During the Cold War, the Soviets routinely barrage jammed to interfere with transmissions from the West" point jam - jam a narrow band of frequencies; "We can counter point-jamming effectively" spot jam - jam a single frequency; "This operator is spot-jammed" blanket jam - jam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications | |
| 5. | block - run on a block system; "block trains" | |
| 6. | block - interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia; "block a nerve"; "block a muscle" anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under, put out - administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" | |
| 7. | block - shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains" | |
| 8. | block - stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block; "block the book cover" | |
| 9. | block - obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" | |
| 10. | block - block passage through; "obstruct the path" barricade - prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded" asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred" barricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, bar, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" | |
| 11. | block - support, secure, or raise with a block; "block a plate for printing"; "block the wheels of a car" | |
| 12. | block - impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack" fence - fight with fencing swords | |
| 13. | block - be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" slip one's mind, slip - pass out of one's memory | |
| 14. | block - shape by using a block; "Block a hat"; "block a garment" | |
| 15. | block - shape into a block or blocks; "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly" | |
| 16. | block - prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" |
block
Translations
block [blɔk] n → bloque m (also COMPUT);
(COMPUT) → agrupar;
block of flats (BRIT) → bloque m de pisos;
3 blocks from here → a 3 manzanas or cuadras (LAM) de aquí
block [blɔk] n → bloc m;
(Comput) → grouper;
block of flats (Brit) → immeuble (locatif);
mental block → blocage m;
block and tackle (Tech) → palan m
block up vt → boucher
block [blɔk] n → Block m;
(toy) → Bauklotz m;
(in pipes) → Verstopfung f
vt → blockieren;
(progress) → aufhalten;
(Comput) → blocken;
block of flats (Brit) → Wohnblock m;
mental block → geistige Sperre f, Mattscheibe f (inf);
block and tackle → Flaschenzug m
block up vt, vi → verstopfen
block [blɔk] n (gen), (COMPUT) → blocco;
(in pipes) → ingombro;
vt (gen), (COMPUT) → bloccare;
block of flats → caseggiato;
n block [blok]
1 a flat-sided mass of wood or stone etc blocks of stone. blok كُتْلَةُ (حِجاره) блок blok blok; klods der Block μεγάλο κομμάτι, ογκόλιθος bloque plokk بلوک؛ قالب pala, lohkare bloc בְּלוֹק, גוּש कुंदा klada rakás balok kubbur, klossi, blökk blocco かたまり 덩어리 pjautas rąstas, luitas klucis; bluķis blok blok blokk; kloss blok bloco bloc блок blok, kváder klada blok kloss, block ชิ้นของวัสดุที่เป็นของแข็งและมีลักษณะแบนราบ parça, kütle, blok 大塊(木頭或石頭) колода; кам'яна брила لکڑی یا پتھر کا چپٹے سروں والا ٹکڑا khối; tảng; súc 大块［木头或石块］
2 a piece of wood used for certain purposes a chopping-block. blok كُتْلَةٌ (خَشَبِيَّةٌ) пън špalek skærebræt der Hackklotz κομμάτι ξύλου, κούτσουρο zoquete, tarugo pakk تخته چوبی pölkky billot בְּלוֹק עֵץ लकड़ी का मोटा कुंदा trupac tőke balok kayu kjöthögg, fjalhögg ceppo 台木 받침대 trinka, rąstas bluķis bongkah kayu blok hoggestabbe kloc bloco buştean чурбан klát tnalo panj kubbe ท่อนไม้ kütük 木板 колода لکڑی کا بڑا ٹکڑا cái thớt; tấm kê 木板
3 a connected group of houses, offices etc a block of flats; an office block. blok مَجْموعَةُ شُقَقٍ група, блок blok blok der (Wohn-)Block συγκρότημα σπιτιών, γραφείων κτλ., πολυκατοικία bloque hooneplokk ساختمان بزرگ؛ بلوک rakennus immeuble בֵּית דִירוֹת मकानों का एक समूह blok kuća háztömb; irodaház kelompok bangunan húsasamstæða caseggiato 一棟のビルディング 큰 빌딩 namų masyvas daudzstāvu dzīvojamais nams blok gebouw leiegård, boligblokk; (forretnings)gård, kvartal blok bloco bloc, imobil блок blok blok, zgradba blok byggnadskomplex, husblock ตึกอาคารทั้งแถว blok apartman, iş hanı 一排房屋 багатоквартирний будинок; блок مکانوں کی قطار lô nhà 一排房屋
4 a barrier a road block. blokkade حاجِزٌ бариера zátaras, překážka vejspærring das Hindernis μπλόκο, φράγμα, εμπόδιο barrera, control policial tõke مانع؛ بندآور sulku barrage routier מַחֲסוֹם अवरोध zapreka (út)akadály rintangan hindrun; vegatálmi ingorgo 障害物 장애물 užtvara aizsprostojums sekatan versperring barrikade, blokkering zator, zapora, bariera barricada baraj rutier затор, преграда zátarasa zapora blokada blockering, spärr สิ่งกีดขวาง engel, mania 障礙物 блокпост رکاوٹ vật chướng ngại 障碍物
5 (especially American) a group of buildings bounded by four streets a walk round the block. blok مَجْموعَةُ عَماراتٍ / شُقَقٍ разстоянието между две пресечки blok karré der Häuserblock οικοδομικό τετράγωνο manzana kvartal بلوک kortteli îlot בְּלוֹק בִּניָנִים चार गलियों से घिरा मकानों का एक समूह kvart, dio naselja háztömb kelompok bangunan húsaröð sem afmarkast af fjórum götum isolato 街区 한 구획 kvartalas kvartāls blok bangunan huizenblok kvartal kwartał quarteirão lot de case квартал blok skupina hiš blok kvarter ตึกอาคารทั้งแถวที่ล้อมรอบด้วยถนนทั้งสี่ด้าน blok 街區 квартал چار گلیوں کی حدود میں مکانوں کا مجموعہ nhà khối 街区
v
to make (progress) difficult or impossible The crashed cars blocked the road. blokkeer يَحْجِزُ спирам (za)blokovat, zatarasit blokere versperren φράζω, εμποδίζω bloquear, obstruir tõkestama بندآوردن؛ مسدود کردن tukkia bloquer לַחֲסוֹם रोकना, बन्द करना zakrčiti eltorlaszol menghalangi hindra bloccare ふさぐ 방해하다 užblokuoti, užtverti aizsprostot; bloķēt; aizkavēt menghalang versperren blokkere, sperre, tette blokować bloquear a bloca преграждать, блокировать blokovať, zatarasiť blokirati blokirati blockera, spärra กีดขวาง tıkamak, kapamak, engel olmak 阻塞 перегороджувати; блокувати روکنا ، رکاوٹ ڈالنا làm trở ngại 阻塞
n blocˈkade [-ˈkeid]
something which blocks every approach to a place by land or sea. blokkade حِصارٌ блокада blokáda blokade die Blockade αποκλεισμός bloqueo blokaad محاصره sulku blocus מַחֲסוֹם नाकाबन्दी blokada, opsada blokád blokade hafnbann; herkví blocco 封鎖 봉쇄 blokada blokāde kepungan blokkade blokade blokada bloqueio blocadă блокада blokáda blokada blokada blockad การปิดล้อม abluka, kuşatma 封鎖物 затор ایسی چیز جو رکاوٹ کا باعث بنے sự tắc nghẽn 封锁
v
The ships blockaded the town. blokkeer يُحاصِرُ، يَفْرِضُ الحِصار блокирам blokovat blokere blockieren αποκλείω, φέρνω σε κατάσταση αποκλεισμού bloquear blokeerima محاصره کردن saartaa bloquer לַחֲסוֹם नाकाबंदी करना opkoliti elzár, blokád alá vesz memblokade loka, teppa; halda í kví/hafnbanni bloccare, stringere d'assedio 封鎖する 봉쇄하다 blokuoti bloķēt mengepung blokkeren blokkere dokonywać blokady fazer bloqueio a supune unei blocade блокировать blokovať blokirati blokirati blockera, spärra [] ปิดล้อม ablukaya almak, kuşatmak 封鎖 блокувати, оточувати رسائی کا راستہ روکنا bao vây 封锁
n blockage [-kidʒ]
something causing a pipe etc to be blocked a blockage in the pipe. verstopping انْسِداد пречка ucpání prop; tilstopning die Blockade φράξιμο (π.χ. σε σωλήνα) obstrucción takistus انسداد؛ گرفتگی tukos obstruction סְתִימָה रुकावट, बाधा začep eldugulás penyumbatan stífla blocco つまったもの 장애물 kamštis aizsprostojums tersumbat verstopping forstoppelse zatkanie entupimento înfundare закупорка upchatie zamašitev začepljenje stopp, blockering การอุดตัน tıkanma, tıkanıklık 阻塞 закупорювання رکاوٹ sự bao vây 阻塞
adj blocked
obstructed I have a bad cold – my nose is blocked. verstop, geblok مَسْدود блокиран ucpaný tæt verstopft βουλωμένος, φραγμένος taponado, congestionado kinni گرفته؛ مسدود tukossa bouché סָתוּם अवरूद्ध, निरूद्ध začepljen bedugult tersumbat stíflaður chiuso ふさがっている 막힌 užsikimšęs nosprostots tersumbat verstopt blokkert, tett zatkany entupido înfundat забитый; недышащий upchatý zamašen zapušen igentäppt, tilltäppt, spärrad ถูกกีดขวาง kapalı, tıkanık 堵塞 закупорений روک دی گئی چیز tắc nghẽn 堵塞
block capital/letter
a capital letter written in imitation of printed type, eg the letters in NAME. drukskrif حُروفٌ كَبيرَةٌ مَنْفَصِلَةٌ печатни букви hůlkové písmo stort bogstav große Buchstaben κεφαλαίο γράμμα letra mayúscula suurtäht حرف درشت و ساده iso kirjain majuscule d'imprimerie אוֹתִיוֹת גדוֹלוֹת अंग्रेजी के बड़े अक्षर početno slovo nagybetű huruf balok blokkskriftarstafur, upphafsstafur, hástafur lettera maiuscola; stampatello ブロック体 블록체 대문자 didžioji spausdintinė raidė lielie drukātie burti huruf besar blokletter stor bokstav drukowana litera letra de imprensa majusculă печатная буква paličkové písmo velika tiskana črka velika slova stor bokstav ตัวอักษรตัวพิมพ์ใหญ่ในภาษาอังกฤษ büyük harf 大寫印刷體 велика друкована літера بڑے حروف bản khắc (để in) 大写印刷体
n blockhead
a stupid person. domkop, stommerik, uilskuiken غَبي، أحْمَق дебелоглав zabedněnec, tupec tykhoved der Dummkopf χοντροκέφαλος estúpido, imbécil tainapea آدم احمق ääliö imbécile טֶמבֵּל बेवकूफ glupan ostoba orang bodoh auli, bjáni zuccone うすのろ 바보, 얼간이 bukagalvis biezpauris bodoh stomkop tosk, kjøtthue tępak convencido/tolo, palerma cap-pătrat олух, болван tupec bedak glupak tjockskalle คนโง่ et kafalı kimse, odun kafalı biri 呆子 бовдур احمق شخص người đần độn 呆子
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