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Word: block (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A cuboid of wood, plastic or other material used as a base on which to cut something.
  • A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets
  • A residential building consisting of flats.
  • A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.
  • A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
  • chemistry A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
  • computing A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
  • computing A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • philately A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
  • slang The human head.
  • Something that prevents something from passing (see blockage).
  • sports An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
  • The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
  • volleyball A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter?s court.

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Verb:

  • computing intransitive To wait.
  • Cricket To play a block shot.
  • Cricket To hit with a block.
  • theater To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
  • transitive To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
  • transitive To impede an opponent in sports.
  • transitive To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
  • transitive To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
  • transitive To refuse to communicate with somebody by telephone, instant messaging, etc.
  • transitive to shape or mould [a hat] into the desired shape.

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