Found 1 hit - Term: to block out, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
block \block\ blo^k, v. t. imp. p. p. blocked
blo^kt; p. pr. vb. n. blocking. cf. f. bloquer, fr.
bloc block. see block, n.
1. 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.
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with moles . . . would block the port. --rowe.
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a city . . . besieged and blocked about. --milton.
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2. 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.
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3. to shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
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4. to cause any activity to halt by creating an
obstruction; as, to block a nerve impulse; to block a
biochemical reaction with a drug.
pjc
to block out, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out
roughly; to lay out; to outline; as, to block out a plan.
1913 webster
see also:
blocked blocking block to block out
Results 1 - 8 of 8 found about to block out: Bale Out
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Bale Out, definition of term: Bale Out
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