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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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