block in English: To stop someone or something from getting past. (verb)

Translation

To stop someone or something from getting past.

Word origin

From Old French bloc, meaning a log or a lump of wood.

Verb typeregular (block, blocks, blocked)

.

The thing in the way is the subject of "block".

.

You block a way, a door, or a view.

.

"A block" is also a noun: a solid lump, or the space between two streets.

stop

To not move or not do something any more, or to make this happen.

wall

A tall, flat side of a room or building, or one that stands outside.

close

To move something so it is shut and not open.

keep

To have or hold something and not let it go, or to make something stay the same.

road

A long, hard path that cars and people use to travel from one place to another.

(1)

(2)

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.