2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Block \Block\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blocked}; 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.
With moles . . . would block the port. --Rowe.
A city . . . besieged and blocked about --Milton.
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
3. To shape on or stamp with a block; as to block a hat.
{To block out}, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out
roughly; to lay out as to block out a plan
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
blocked
adj 1: closed to traffic; "the repaving results in many blocked
streets" [syn: {out of use(p)}]
2: completely obstructed or closed off "the storm was
responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"
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