n.
1.a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
2.a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
3.a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
4.a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
5.housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
6.(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
7.an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do
8.a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
9.a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine 10.an obstruction in a pipe or tube 11.a platform from which an auctioneer sells 12.(American football) the act of obstructing someone's path with your body block v.
1.render unsuitable for passage
2.hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
3.stop from happening or developing
4.interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
5.run on a block system
6.interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
7.shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
8.stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
9.obstruct 10.block passage through 11.support, secure, or raise with a block 12.impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) 13.be unable to remember 14.shape by using a block 15.shape into a block or blocks 16.prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Idiom of the Day
fresh out of (something)
to have used up all of something, to have sold the last of something
The bakery was fresh out of brown bread so we had to go to the supermarket.
