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(verb) shape into a block or blocks; "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly" |
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Related Words: form, shape |
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(verb) shape by using a block: "Block a hat"; "block a garment" |
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Related Words: form, shape |
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(verb) support, secure, or raise with a block; "block a plate for printing"; "block the wheels of a car" |
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Related Words: hold, hold up, support, sustain |
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(verb) stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block; "block the book cover" |
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Related Words: boss, emboss, stamp |
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(verb) shut out from view; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage" |
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Related Words: conceal, hide |
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(verb) interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia; "block a nerve"; "block a muscle" |
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Related Words: anesthesize |
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(verb) run on a block system; "block trains" |
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Related Words: operate, run |
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(noun) a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" |
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Related Words: anvil, artefact, artifact, bar, block of metal, briquet, briquette, cake, chock, chopping block, crosshead, cube, domino, ingot, inking pad, inkpad, metal bar, nog, nut, pad, slab, square block, stamp pad, starting block, swage block, type, wedge |
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(noun) housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing" |
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Related Words: cellblock, hospital ward, housing, lodging, ward |
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(noun) an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block" |
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Synonyms: mental block |
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Related Words: inability, writer's block |
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(noun) a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock" |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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(noun) a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; "he lives in the next block" |
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Synonyms: city block |
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Related Words: area, country |
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(noun) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; "since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably" |
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Related Words: bad block, computer memory unit |
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(noun) a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides |
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Synonyms: cube |
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Related Words: goldbrick, solid |
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(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" |
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Synonyms: freeze, immobilize |
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Related Words: keep back, withhold |
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Antonyms: unblock |
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(noun) the act of blocking someone's path with your body (as in football); "he threw a rolling block into the line backer" |
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Synonyms: blocking, interference |
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Related Words: obstruction, trap block |
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(verb) be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" |
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Synonyms: blank out, draw a blank, forget |
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(verb) interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station" |
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Synonyms: jam |
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Related Words: break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt |
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(verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball), as in sports or fights; "block an attack" |
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Synonyms: deflect, parry |
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Related Words: fence |
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(verb) render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets" |
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Synonyms: bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade |
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Related Words: block, block off, close, close off, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, occlude, shut off |
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(noun) a platform from which an auctioneer sells; "they put their paintings on the block" |
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Synonyms: auction block |
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Related Words: platform |
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(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" |
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Synonyms: blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
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Related Words: breech closer, breechblock, impediment, impedimenta, obstruction, plug, stopper, stopple, vapor lock, vapour lock |
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(verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" |
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Synonyms: blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
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Related Words: bottleneck, check, filibuster, forbid, foreclose, forestall, hang, preclude, prevent, stonewall |
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(verb) stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" |
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Synonyms: halt, kibosh, stop |
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Related Words: embargo, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, stay |
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(noun) a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine; "the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked" |
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Synonyms: cylinder block, engine block |
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Related Words: cast, casting |
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(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 |
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Synonyms: pulley, pulley-block |
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Related Words: bollock, bullock block, fairlead, idle pulley, idle wheel, idler pulley, machine, simple machine |
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(verb) obstruct, as of a passage; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" |
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Synonyms: choke up, lug, stuff |
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Related Words: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul |
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(verb) block passage through; "obstruct the path" |
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Synonyms: close up, impede, jam, obstruct, occlude |
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Related Words: back up, bar, barricade, barricado, block, block off, block out, block up, blockade, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, dam, dam up, earth up, foul, hinder, impede, land up, screen, suffocate |
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