bloc | (noun) a group of countries in special alliance | Synonyms: axis |
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block | (noun) the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements | Synonyms: blocking |
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(noun) a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) | - |
(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
(noun) 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 | Synonyms: pulley-block, pulley, pulley block |
(noun) a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine | Synonyms: cylinder block, engine block |
(noun) a platform from which an auctioneer sells | Synonyms: auction block |
(noun) housing in a large building that is divided into separate units | - |
(noun) an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension | Synonyms: mental block |
(noun) a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit | - |
(noun) a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings | Synonyms: city block |
(noun) (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted | - |
(noun) a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides | Synonyms: cube |
(verb) shape into a block or blocks | - |
(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 | (noun) a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy | Synonyms: encirclement |
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(noun) prevents access or progress | - |
(verb) impose a blockade on | Synonyms: seal off |
(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 |
blockaded | (adjective) preventing entry or exit or a course of action | Synonyms: barred, barricaded |
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blockading | (adjective) blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors | - |
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blockage | (noun) the act of blocking | Synonyms: closure, occlusion |
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(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
(noun) the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction | Synonyms: obstruction |
blockbuster | (noun) an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) | Synonyms: megahit, smash hit |
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(noun) a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block) | - |
blocked | (adjective) closed to traffic | - |
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(adjective) completely obstructed or closed off | Synonyms: plugged |
blocker | (noun) a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process | Synonyms: blocking agent |
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(noun) a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play | - |
blockhead | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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blockheaded | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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blockhouse | (noun) a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire | - |
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blocking | (noun) the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements | Synonyms: block |
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blockish | (adjective) resembling a block in shape | Synonyms: blocky |
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blocky | (adjective) resembling a block in shape | Synonyms: blockish |
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