blocked
adjective
[ blɒkt ]
• obstructed or congested, so as to make movement or flow difficult or impossible.
• "a blocked nose"
block
verb
• make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.
• "the narrow roads were blocked by cars"
Similar:
clog (up),
stop up,
choke,
plug,
obstruct,
gum up,
occlude,
dam up,
congest,
jam,
close,
bung up,
gunge up,
close up,
bar,
shut off,
barricade,
seal,
• impress text or a design on (a book cover).
• shape or reshape (a hat) on a mould.
• "nobody cleans and blocks old felt hats any more"
• design or plan the movements of actors on a stage or movie set.
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a log or tree stump): from Old French bloc (noun), bloquer (verb), from Middle Dutch blok, of unknown ultimate origin.
