block

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
2. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
3. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
4. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
5. (dated) A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
6. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
7. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
8. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
9. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
10. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
11. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
12. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
13. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
14. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
15. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
16. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
17. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
18. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
19. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
20. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
21. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
22. A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
23. A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
24. A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
25. A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
26. Something that prevents something from passing.
27. Something that prevents something from passing.
28. Something that prevents something from passing.
29. Something that prevents something from passing.
30. Something that prevents something from passing.
31. Something that prevents something from passing.
32. Something that prevents something from passing.
33. Something that prevents something from passing.
34. Something that prevents something from passing.
35. Something that prevents something from passing.
36. Something that prevents something from passing.
37. (slang) The human head.
38. (UK) Solitary confinement.
39. (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
2. (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
3. (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
4. (transitive) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
5. (transitive) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
6. (transitive) To hit with a block.
7. (intransitive) To play a block shot.
8. (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
9. (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
10. (intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
11. (transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
12. (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
13. (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
14. (obsolete, slang, transitive) To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.

Conceptos

bloque

bloquear

obstruir

cuadra

manzana

🍎

impedir

bloqueo

detener

tapar

tronco

estorbar

parar

🛑

obturar

atajar

atascar

tajo

zoquete

cliché

cerrar

cubo

desviar

interceptar

obstaculizar

obstrucción

block

tarugo

isla

🏝️

madera

🪵

dado

masa

molestar

atajar el camino

obstáculo

madera en general

corte

controlar

olvidar

oponerse

paquete

parada

🛑

congelar

polea

privar el paso

prohibir

retener

taco

adoquín

tener

tope

torpe

Sinónimos

obstruct

hinder

stop

🛑

bar

impede

prevent

obstruction

clog

blockade

log

check

thwart

stop up

choke

plug

barrier

pulley

barricade

blocking

jam

stymie

obstacle

stoppage

intercept

parry

close

block up

hamper

halt

hindrance

stuff

forbid

cover

stymy

blockage

cut off

shut

batch

seal

🦭

congest

block off

stump

hurdle

impediment

choke up

occlude

pad

draw a blank

oppose

section

Traducciones

Block

blocco

bloc

bloquer

bloccare

blok

barrer

blockieren

blocar

Klotz

boucher

billot

blocage

ostruire

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/blɒk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: blok

Cognado con Old Frisian: blok

Cognado con Old Saxon: blok

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: bloh

Cognado con inglés antiguo: bolca

Cognado con nórdico antiguo: bǫlkr

In summary

From Middle English blok (“log, stump, solid piece”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old Frisian blok, Old Saxon blok, Old High German bloh, bloc (“block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (“divider, partition”). More at balk. See also bloc, bulk.