Definitions
1.verbTo fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass."The pipe is blocked."
2.verbTo prevent (something or someone) from passing."You're blocking the road – I can't get through!"
3.verbTo prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something)."His plan to take over the business was blocked by the boss."
4.verbTo impede an opponent."He blocked the basketball player's shot."
5.verbTo specify the positions and movements of the actors."It was very difficult to block this scene convincingly."
6.verbTo hit with a block.
7.verbTo play a block shot.
8.verbTo disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone."I tried to send you a message, but you've blocked me!"
9.verbTo wait."When the condition expression is false, the thread blocks on the condition variable."
10.verbTo stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape."I blocked the mittens by wetting them and pinning them to a shaped piece of cardboard."
11.verbTo shape or sketch out roughly.
12.nounThe act by which something is blocked; an obstruction."blocking of major opposition sites"
13.nounThe precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera (originally planned using miniature blocks).
14.nounBlocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
15.nounA feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.