Block vs. Obstruct

Blocknoun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

Blocknoun

A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.

Blocknoun

A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.

Blocknoun

A residential building consisting of flats.

Blocknoun

The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.

Blocknoun

Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.

Blocknoun

(slang) The human head.

Blocknoun

A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.

Blocknoun

A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.

Blocknoun

A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.

Blocknoun

(computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).

Blocknoun

(programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.

Blocknoun

(cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.

Blocknoun

(rigging) A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship.

Blocknoun

(chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.

Blocknoun

Something that prevents something from passing.

Blocknoun

(sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).

Blocknoun

(cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.

Blocknoun

(volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.

Blocknoun

(philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.

Blocknoun

A section of split logs used as fuel.

Blocknoun

(UK) Solitary confinement.

Blocknoun

A cellblock.

Blocknoun

(falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

Blocknoun

A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.

Blocknoun

(obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.

Blocknoun

(rail) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.

Blocknoun

(cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.

Blocknoun

(cricket) A blockhole.

Blocknoun

(cricket) The popping crease.

Blockverb

(transitive) To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

Blockverb

(transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.

Blockverb

(transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).

Blockverb

To impede an opponent.

Blockverb

To specify the positions and movements of the actors.

Blockverb

To hit with a block.

Blockverb

To play a block shot.

Blockverb

(transitive) To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.

Blockverb

To wait.

Blockverb

(transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.

Blockverb

(transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.

Blocknoun

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.

Blocknoun

The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.

Blocknoun

The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.

Blocknoun

A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops.

Blocknoun

A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.

Blocknoun

A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; - used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles.

Blocknoun

The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

Blocknoun

Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; - also called blockage; as, a block in the way; a block in an artery; a block in a nerve; a block in a biochemical pathway.

Blocknoun

A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

Blocknoun

A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.

Blocknoun

A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.

Blocknoun

A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.

Blocknoun

In Australia, one of the large lots into which public land, when opened to settlers, is divided by the government surveyors.

Blocknoun

The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.

Blocknoun

a number of individual items sold as a unit; as, a block of airline ticketes; a block of hotel rooms; a block of stock.

Blocknoun

the length of one side of a city block{5}, traversed along any side; as, to walk three blocks ahead and turn left at the corner.

Blocknoun

a halt in a mental process, especially one due to stress, memory lapse, confusion, etc.; as, a writer's block; to have a block in remembering a name.

Blocknoun

a quantity of binary-encoded information transferred, or stored, as a unit to, from, or on a data storage device; as, to divide a disk into 512-byte blocks.

Blocknoun

a number of locations in a random-access memory allocated to storage of specific data; as, to allocate a block of 1024 bytes for the stack.

Blockverb

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; to block an entrance.

Blockverb

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.

Blockverb

To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.

Blockverb

to cause (any activity) to halt by creating an obstruction; as, to block a nerve impulse; to block a biochemical reaction with a drug.

Blocknoun

a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides);

Blocknoun

a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings;

Blocknoun

a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

Blocknoun

a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit;

Blocknoun

housing in a large building that is divided into separate units;

Blocknoun

(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted;

Blocknoun

an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension;

Blocknoun

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

Blocknoun

a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine;

Blocknoun

an obstruction in a pipe or tube;

Blocknoun

a platform from which an auctioneer sells;

Blocknoun

(American football) the act of obstructing someone's path with your body;

Blockverb

render unsuitable for passage;

Blockverb

hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;

Blockverb

stop from happening or developing;

Blockverb

interfere with or prevent the reception of signals;

Blockverb

run on a block system;

Blockverb

interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia;

Blockverb

shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight;

Blockverb

stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block;

Blockverb

obstruct;

Blockverb

block passage through;

Blockverb

support, secure, or raise with a block;

Blockverb

impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball);

Blockverb

be unable to remember;

Blockverb

shape by using a block;

Blockverb

shape into a block or blocks;

Blockverb

prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);

Obstructverb

To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. block

Obstructverb

To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.

Obstructverb

To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

Obstructverb

To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body.

Obstructverb

To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor obstructs the passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rules obstruct legislation.

Obstructverb

hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;

Obstructverb

block passage through;

Obstructverb

shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight;

Obstructverb

block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of

Obstructverb

prevent or hinder (movement or someone or something in motion)

Obstructverb

deliberately make (something) difficult

Obstructverb

commit the offence of intentionally hindering (a police officer)

Obstructverb

(in various sports) impede (a player in the opposing team) in a manner which constitutes an offence