block

Mane

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. 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 contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
22. A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
23. A roughly cuboid building.
24. A roughly cuboid building.
25. Something that prevents something from passing.
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. (slang) The human head.
35. Solitary confinement.
36. (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.

Verb

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

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/blɒk/

Etîmolojî

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.