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  Block \Block\ (bl[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blocked
     (bl[o^]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.
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     To block out, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out
        roughly; to lay out; to outline; as, to block out a plan.
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  Block \Block\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blocked; 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.
  
              With moles . . . would block the port. --Rowe.
  
              A city . . . besieged and blocked about. --Milton.
  
     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.
  
     3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
  
     To block out, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out
        roughly; to lay out; as, to block out a plan.

  to block out /tə blˈɒk ˈaʊt/
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