blocking
b lo king
- n the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- v render unsuitable for passage
- v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- v stop from happening or developing
- v interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- v run on a block system
- v interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- v shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- v stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- v obstruct
- v block passage through
- v support, secure, or raise with a block
- v impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- v be unable to remember
You are blocking the name of your first wife! - v shape by using a block
- v shape into a block or blocks
- v prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- Protestors attempt to blend in with commuters at Australia's Canberra airport during a demonstration calling on the 'dinosaurs'in power to stop blocking the urgent action needed to .
- A lot of environmentalists work in bold strokes, saving a species or blocking a dam, but Christina Kim operates in a more subtle way.
- But blocking YouTube makes the very opposite statement.