Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blocked"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Block \Block\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blocking}.] [Cf. F. bloquer, fr. bloc block. See {Block},
n.]
1. To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to
prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the
way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed
by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.
With moles . . . would block the port. --Rowe.
A city . . . besieged and blocked about. --Milton.
2. To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two
boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood
glued to each.
3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
{To block out}, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out
roughly; to lay out; as, to block out a plan.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blocked
adj 1: closed to traffic; "the repaving results in many blocked
streets" [syn: {out of use(p)}]
2: completely obstructed or closed off; "the storm was
responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"; "the
drain was plugged" [syn: {plugged}]
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