block | (verb) shape into a block or blocks | - |
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(verb) shape by using a block | - |
(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: freeze, immobilise, immobilize |
(verb) be unable to remember | Synonyms: blank out, draw a blank, forget |
(verb) interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | Synonyms: jam |
(verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: deflect, parry |
(verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
(verb) obstruct | Synonyms: choke up, lug, stuff |
(verb) stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block | - |
(verb) support, secure, or raise with a block | - |
(verb) block passage through | Synonyms: close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
(verb) shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight | Synonyms: obstruct |
(verb) interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia | - |
(verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
(verb) stop from happening or developing | Synonyms: halt, kibosh, stop |
(verb) run on a block system | - |
blockade | (verb) impose a blockade on | Synonyms: seal off |
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(verb) obstruct access to | Synonyms: block off |
(verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop |
(verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
unblock | (verb) make (assets) available | Synonyms: free, release, unfreeze |
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(verb) 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 | - |
(verb) clear or remove an obstruction from | - |