blocking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: blocking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for blocking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blocking n the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements Synonym(s): blocking, block
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blocking \Block"ing\, n. 1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks. 2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.