The meaning of Blocking

Blocking – definition

noun
The action or fact of blocking or obstructing someone or something.
Usage examples:
The issue led to the disruption of classes and the blocking of the kakata highway by angry students
noun
The sudden halting of the flow of thought or speech, as a symptom of schizophrenia or other mental disorder.
Usage examples:
These disruptions included blocking of thoughts, insomnia, having to stop what she was doing, and e…
noun
The grouping or treatment of things (e.g. shades of colour) in blocks.
Usage examples:
By performing proper blocking experiments, the topographical and adhesion information can be separa…

verb
Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.
Usage examples:
The narrow roads were blocked by cars
Synonims:
Clog (up)Stop up Choke Plug Obstruct Gum up Occlude Dam up Congest Jam Close Bung up Gunge up Close up Bar Shut off Barricade Seal
verb
Impress text or a design on (a book cover).
verb
Shape or reshape (a hat) on a mould.
Usage examples:
Nobody cleans and blocks old felt hats any more
verb
Design or plan the movements of actors on a stage or movie set.

noun
The action or fact of preventing something such as light, air, or a moving object from passing through a place
Usage examples:
He is responsible for dealing with parking violations such as blocking of driveways., the structure…

Blocking translation into English

Blocking: translate from English into Chinese

阻塞, 闭塞, 拥塞

Blocking: translate from English into Dutch

Blokkeren, Blok

Blocking: translate from English into French

Blocage, Obstruction

Blocking: translate from English into German

Blockierung, Sperrung

Blocking: translate from English into Hindi

अवरुद्ध, ब्लॉकिंग, अवरुद्ध करना, घेरा, निरुद्ध करना

Blocking: translate from English into Italian

Blocco, Otturazione

Blocking: translate from English into Korean

블로킹, 연출, 오리대, 블로킹하기

Blocking: translate from English into Russian

Блокировка, Блокирующий

Blocking: translate from English into Spanish

Bloqueando

Word origin

Middle English (denoting a log or tree stump): from Old French bloc (noun), bloquer (verb), from Middle Dutch blok, of unknown ultimate origin.

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Blocking – similar words

block

noun
A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.
Usage examples:
A block of marble

verb
Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.
Usage examples:
The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb
Obstruct

All meanings and translations of Block

Blocking synonims

bar

noun
A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.
Usage examples:
An iron bar

verb
Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.
Usage examples:
She bolted and barred the door

preposition
Except for.
Usage examples:
His kids were all gone now, bar one

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barricade

noun
An improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces.
Usage examples:
They built barricades in the narrow streets

verb
Block or defend with a barricade.
Usage examples:
They barricaded the building and occupied it all night

All meanings and translations of Barricade

choke

verb
(of a person or animal) have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air.
Usage examples:
Willie choked on a mouthful of tea

noun
A valve in the carburettor of a petrol engine that is used to reduce the amount of air in the fuel mixture when the engine is started.
Usage examples:
An automatic choke

noun
The inedible mass of silky fibres at the centre of a globe artichoke.
Usage examples:
Cut the artichokes in half and remove the hairy inner choke and any hard leaves, leaving only the t…

All meanings and translations of Choke

close

adjective
Only a short distance away or apart in space or time.
Usage examples:
The hotel is close to the sea

adverb
Very near to someone or something; with very little space between.
Usage examples:
They stood close to the door

noun
Another term for high (sense 7 of the adjective).

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close up

phrasal verb
Very close

phrase
Very near.
Usage examples:
Close up she was no less pretty

noun
A photograph taken from a short distance that gives a very detailed picture
Usage examples:
She took a stunning close-up of him.

All meanings and translations of Close up

congest

verb
Crowd (a road or place) so as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.
Usage examples:
Uncontrolled development will congest our streets

verb
To make something blocked or crowded in a way that causes difficulties, or to become blocked or crowded
Usage examples:
There is no need for us to congest the city with traffic.

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jam

verb
Squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space.
Usage examples:
Four of us were jammed in one compartment

noun
An instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck.
Usage examples:
Paper jams

verb
A sweet spread or conserve made from fruit and sugar boiled to a thick consistency.
Usage examples:
Strawberry jam

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obstruct

verb
Block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of.
Usage examples:
She was obstructing the entrance

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occlude

verb
Stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage).
Usage examples:
Thick make-up can occlude the pores

verb
To block something
Usage examples:
Veins can get occluded by blood clots.

All meanings and translations of Occlude

plug

noun
A piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up.
Usage examples:
Somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow

verb
Short for fireplug.

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seal

noun
A device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them.
Usage examples:
Attach a draught seal to the door itself

verb
Fasten or close securely.
Usage examples:
He folded it, sealed the envelope, and walked to the postbox

noun
A fish-eating aquatic mammal with a streamlined body and feet developed as flippers, that returns to land to breed or rest.
Usage examples:
Others suggest that marine species were derived at least twice, with one lineage leading to the sea…

All meanings and translations of Seal

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