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    BLOCK UP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Render unsuitable for passageplay

    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 up" 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 up"):

    block off; close off; shut off (block off the passage through)

    close (bar access to)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

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