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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

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