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English to English noun
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a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) |  | Example: the pyramids were built with large stone blocks
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a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings | | Example: he lives in the next block
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a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides | | source: wordnet30
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a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit | | Example: he reserved a large block of seats
he held a large block of the company's stock
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housing in a large building that is divided into separate units | | Example: there is a block of classrooms in the west wing
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(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted | | Example: since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably
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an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension | | Example: I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine | | Example: the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked
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an obstruction in a pipe or tube | | Example: we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
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a platform from which an auctioneer sells | | Example: they put their paintings on the block
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the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements | | source: wordnet30
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc. | | source: webster1913
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In Australia, one of the large lots into which public land, when opened to settlers, is divided by the government surveyors. | | source: webster1913 verb
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render unsuitable for passage | | Example: block the way
barricade the streets
stop the busy road
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hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | | Example: His brother blocked him at every turn
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stop from happening or developing | | Example: Block his election
Halt the process
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interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | | Example: Jam the Voice of America
block the signals emitted by this station
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run on a block system | | Example: block trains
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interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia | | Example: block a nerve
block a muscle
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shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight | | Example: The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage
The trees obstruct my view of the mountains
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stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block | | Example: block the book cover
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obstruct | | Example: My nose is all stuffed
Her arteries are blocked
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block passage through | | Example: obstruct the path
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support, secure, or raise with a block | | Example: block a plate for printing
block the wheels of a car
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impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | | Example: block an attack
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be unable to remember | | Example: I'm drawing a blank
You are blocking the name of your first wife!
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shape by using a block | | Example: Block a hat
block a garment
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shape into a block or blocks | | Example: block the graphs so one can see the results clearly
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prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | | Example: Blocked funds
Freeze the assets of this hostile government
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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. | | source: webster1913
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