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| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close out, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, occlude, plug, prevent, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stopper, stymie, tackle, thwart, close off, congest, hang up*, interfere with, shut off*, stop up, take out of play |
| Notes: | a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape |
| Antonyms: | let up, open, let go, unblock |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass of material |
| Synonyms: | bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube, hunk, ingot, loaf, lump, oblong, piece, section, segment, slab, slice, solid, square |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
| Synonyms: | bar, barrier, chunk, clog, hindrance, impediment, jam, mass, obstacle, obstruction, roadblock, snag, stop, stoppage, wall, blank wall, blockage |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | anticipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in advance of |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, block, delay, forestall, hinder, hold back, intercept, precede, preclude, prevent, be early, be one step ahead of, beat someone to it, prepare for, provide against |
| Antonyms: | be unready |
| Main Entry: | area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | region, district |
| Synonyms: | belt, block, city, county, division, domain, dominion, enclosure, field, kingdom, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, patch, plot, precinct, quarter, section, sector, sphere, square, state, stretch, territory, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone, locality, principality, township |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subdivision, annex |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, authority, block, branch, command, department, detachment, division, extension, force, offshoot, power, projection, section, sector, wing, ell |
| Antonyms: | body, division, main |
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop or slow |
| Synonyms: | block, can, check, delay, drop, end, freeze, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interrupt, knock off, obstruct, prevent, restrain, restrict, retard, scrub*, shut down, stall, stay, suppress |
| Antonyms: | activate, encourage, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder |
| Synonyms: | beat, block, check, circumvent, dash, defeat, disappoint, foil, frustrate, impede, obstruct, prevent, ruin, thwart, upset |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, encourage, help, relieve, support |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier; blockage |
| Synonyms: | barricade, block, clog, deterrent, encumbrance, fence, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, pale, rail, railing, restraint, road block, snag, stop, stumbling block, traverse, wall, blank wall |
| Antonyms: | advantage, aid, help |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | secure, usually with a length of material |
| Synonyms: | barricade, block, blockade, bolt, clog, close, dam, dike, fasten, fence, jam, latch, lock, plug, seal, secure, trammel, wall, caulk, deadbolt |
| Antonyms: | loosen, open, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | barricade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blocking object |
| Synonyms: | bar, barrier, block, blockade, bulwark, fence, obstruction, palisade, rampart, roadblock, stockade, stop, wall, blank wall |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | bottleneck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstacle |
| Synonyms: | barrier, block, clog, congestion, hindrance, impediment, jam, obstruction, snag, traffic jam, blockage, hold-up |
| Main Entry: | brace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | arm, band, bar, bearing, block, bolster, boom, bracket, buttress, clamp, girder, grip, guy, lever, mainstay, peg, prop, reinforcement, rib, shore, skid, splice, splint, staff, stanchion, stay, strut, truss, underpinning, vice, bracer, cantilever, rafter, stave, stirrup, strengthener, sustainer |
| Main Entry: | brake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check; stop |
| Synonyms: | bar, block, dam, decelerate, halt, hinder, impede, moderate, obstruct, slacken, slow, stop, reduce speed, slow down |
| Antonyms: | accelerate |
| Main Entry: | cake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bar of something |
| Synonyms: | block, brick, loaf, lump, mass, slab |
| Main Entry: | chunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass, slab of something |
| Synonyms: | block, clod, dollop, glob, hunk, lump, nugget, part, piece, portion, wad, gob |
| Main Entry: | clog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blockage |
| Synonyms: | bar, block, blockade, burden, drag, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, obstruction, snag, cumbrance, dead weight, impedance |
| Antonyms: | clearance, opening |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
| Synonyms: | bang, bar, block, bolt, button, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, screen, secure, shut, shutter, slam, stopper, stuff, turn off, caulk, congest, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, shut off, stop up |
| Antonyms: | open, release, unseal, unclose, unplug, unstop |
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | betray, hinder |
| Synonyms: | backtalk, block, buck, cramp, crimp, deny, double-cross, flummox, foil, foul up*, frustrate, impede, interfere, obstruct, oppose, resist, sell*, sell out*, snafu*, stab in the back*, stonewall*, stump, stymie, take on, thwart, bollix, crab, have bone to pick, knock props out, louse up, take wind out of sails |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cut off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent; interrupt |
| Synonyms: | block, break in, catch, disconnect, discontinue, halt, insulate, intercept, intersect, intervene, intrude, isolate, obstruct, renounce, segregate, separate, sequester, suspend, bring to end, close off |
| Antonyms: | allow, encourage, permit |
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