Synonym: clog, hinder, lump, mass, obstruct, solid. Similar words: local, locate, location, blond, blow off, blow up, bloody, blow out. Meaning: [blɒk] 
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; often caused by emotional tension 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. the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements. 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).
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; often caused by emotional tension 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. the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements. 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). 
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121 Over the years she had tried to block out that part of her life.
122 There was a block in the pipe and the water couldn't flow away.
123 She drove the car round the block to charge its batteries.
124 Pitt planted tall trees outside his home to block rubberneckers.
125 I just seemed to block when it came to taking a test.
126 You will have to block up the wheel of the car to change the tire.
127 A new office block was built to accommodate the overflow of staff.
128 The building was knocked down to make way for a block of flats .
129 The trade union block vote is an excrescence on democracy.
130 He moved quickly to block her path to the door.
131 I'm so used to the traffic noise now I just block it out .
132 He tried to block the incident out of his mind.
133 He's just released a new album after two years of writer's block.
134 Lack of willingness to compromise on both sides is the main/major stumbling block to reaching a settlement.
135 The block of office buildings was built of concrete on a steel framework.
136 He secretly tried to block her advancement in the Party.
137 Call me that again and I'll knock your block off!
138 I'm not prepared to put my head on the block for him.
139 I had to block the thought out of my mind.
140 I suddenly had a mental block and couldn't remember his name.
141 "The Whipping Block" has never been published, but it's supposed to be a really good poem.
142 Her fifth child was born, a son who Sally at first thought was another chip off the old block.
143 The water will run back into the tank if you block the pipe.
144 He chipped a few pieces of ice from the large block.
145 Lack of training acts as a block to progress in a career.
146 The queue for tickets snaked all the way around the block.
147 The reform will make it more difficult for MPs to block legislation.
148 It's not a matter that I'm prepared to put my head on the block for.
149 New employees receive a block of shares in the firm.
150 The statement clearly was intended to caution Seoul against attempting to block the council's action again.