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BLOCK OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obstruct access to
Synonyms:
block off; blockade
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "block off" is one way to...):
block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Block off the passage through
Example:
We shut off the valve
Synonyms:
block off; close off; shut off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "block off" is one way to...):
bar; barricade; block; block off; block up; blockade; stop (render unsuitable for passage)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Render unsuitable for passage
Example:
stop the busy road
Synonyms:
bar; barricade; block; block off; block up; blockade; stop
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "block off" is one way to...):
block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)
Verb group:
block; obstruct (shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "block off"):
block off; close off; shut off (block off the passage through)
close (bar access to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
