block | |
1. n. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. | |
a block of ice | |
a block of stone | |
2. n. A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading. | |
Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution. | |
3. n. A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets. | |
I'm going for a walk around the block. | |
4. n. A residential building consisting of flats. | |
a block of flats | |
5. n. The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern. | |
The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north. | |
6. n. Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes. | |
a mental block | |
writer's block | |
7. n. (slang) The human head. | |
I'll knock your block off! | |
8. n. A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn. | |
9. n. A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped. | |
10. n. A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end. | |
a block of 100 tickets | |
11. n. (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster). | |
12. n. (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop. | |
13. n. (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message. | |
14. n. (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. | |
15. n. (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions. | |
16. n. Something that prevents something from passing (see blockage). | |
There's a block in the pipe that means the water can't get through. | |
17. n. (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). | |
18. n. (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. | |
19. n. (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court. | |
20. n. (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape. | |
21. n. A section of split logs used as fuel. | |
22. n. (UK) Solitary confinement. | |
23. n. A cellblock. | |
24. n. (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept. | |
25. n. (printing, dated) A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted. | |
26. n. (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt. | |
27. n. (rail) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. | |
28. n. (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket. | |
29. n. (cricket) A blockhole. | |
30. n. (cricket) The popping crease. | |
31. v. To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass. | |
The pipe is blocked. | |
32. v. To prevent (something or someone) from passing. | |
You're blocking the road – I can't get through. | |
33. v. To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something). | |
His plan to take over the business was blocked by the boss. | |
34. v. (transitive, sports) To impede an opponent. | |
He blocked the basketball player's shot. | |
The offensive linemen tried to block the blitz. | |
35. v. (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors. | |
It was very difficult to block this scene convincingly. | |
36. v. (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block. | |
37. v. (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot. | |
38. v. To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone. | |
I tried to send you a message, but you've blocked me! | |
39. v. (computing, intransitive) To wait. | |
When the condition expression is false, the thread blocks on the condition variable. | |
40. v. To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape. | |
I blocked the mittens by wetting them and pinning them to a shaped piece of cardboard. | |
41. n. misspelling of bloc | |