blocking
noun
[ blɒkɪŋ ]
• the action or fact of blocking or obstructing someone or something.
• "the issue led to the disruption of classes and the blocking of the Kakata highway by angry students"
• the sudden halting of the flow of thought or speech, as a symptom of schizophrenia or other mental disorder.
• the grouping or treatment of things (e.g. shades of colour) in blocks.
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.
