Bloch
Bloch

block


Definition: Meaning of, block in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / blɒk /

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block blocks
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  1. solid material a piece of hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides
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  2. streets/area American English the distance along a city street from where one street crosses it to the next
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  3. streets/area the four city streets that form a square around an area of buildings
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  4. streets/area Australian English a large piece of land
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  5. large building a large building divided into separate parts
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  6. quantity of things a quantity of things of the same kind, considered as a single unit
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  7. block booking/voting an arrangement that is made for a whole group to buy something or to vote together
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  8. inability to think [usually singular] the temporary loss of your normal ability to think, learn, write etc
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  9. stopping movement [usually singular] something that prevents movement or progress
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  10. punishment the block in the past, a solid block of wood on which someone's head was cut off as a punishment
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  11. put your head/neck on the block to risk destroying other people's opinion of you or losing your job by doing or saying something
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  12. sport a movement in sport that stops an opponent going forward or playing the ball forward
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  13. sell go on the block to be sold, especially at an AUCTION
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
block blocked blocked
Present Participle Third Person Singular
blocking blocks
[transitive]
  1. also block up to prevent anything moving through a space by being or placing something across it or in it
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  2. block somebody's way/path/exit/escape etc to stand in front of someone, so that they cannot go past
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  3. to stop something happening, developing, or succeeding
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  4. block somebody's view to be in front of someone so that they cannot see something
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  5. also block out to stop light reaching a place
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  6. to stop a ball, a blow etc from getting to where your opponent wants it to
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block used in phrases

  • apartment block (noun)
    1. a large building containing many apartments
  • atrioventricular block (noun)
    1. recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
  • auction block (noun)
    1. a platform from which an auctioneer sells
  • bad block (noun)
    1. usually one sector computing a block that cannot reliably hold data
  • block anaesthesia (noun)
    1. anaesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anaesthetic agent applied to the nerve
  • block and tackle (noun)
    1. a piece of equipment with wheels and ropes, used for lifting heavy things
  • block anesthesia (noun)
    1. anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
  • block capital (noun)
    1. a plain hand-drawn letter
  • block capitals (noun)
    1. letters in their large form such as A, B, C, rather than a, b, c
  • block diagram (noun)
    1. especially an electronic system a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system
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block used in phrasal verbs

  • block in (phrasal verb)
    1. to stop someone from moving their car out of a place
    2. to completely cover a large area of something such as a painting with one colour
  • block off (phrasal verb)
    1. to cover or close something completely so that nothing can move through it
    2. to completely stop something from happening or progressing
  • block out (phrasal verb)
    1. to stop light or sound from reaching something
    2. to stop yourself from thinking about or remembering something
  • block up (phrasal verb)
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