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Definition & Synonyms
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• Blocked
- (imp. & p. p.) of Block
Synonyms:
Plugged,
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• Blockading
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blockade
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• Blockade
- (v. t.) An obstruction to passage.
- (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
- (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
- (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n.
- (v. t.) The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.
Synonyms:
Bar, Barricade, Block, Embarrass, Hinder, Obstruct, Stymie,
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• Blocking course
- () The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.
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• Blockish
- (a.) Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.
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• Block book
- () A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.
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• Block system
- () A system by which the track is divided into short sections, as of three or four miles, and trains are so run by the guidance of electric, or combined electric and pneumatic, signals that no train enters a section or block until the preceding train has left it, as in absolute blocking, or that a train may be allowed to follow another into a block as long as it proceeds with excessive caution, as in permissive blocking.
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• Blockheaded
- (a.) Stupid; dull.
Synonyms:
Loggerheaded, Thick, Thick-skulled,
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• Blocage
- (n.) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.
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• Blocking
- (n.) The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks.
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Block
- (n.) Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
Synonyms:
Block, Interference,
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