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verb
- slow down the progress of; hinder
- cost a certain amount
- hold back to a later time
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cost money.
- To reverse, go backwards.
- (transitive) To remove from or allow distance.
- (transitive) To delay or obstruct.
- (transitive) To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess.
noun
- any opponent of technological progress
- one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
- (historical) Any of a group of early-19th-century English textile workers who destroyed machinery because it would harm their livelihood.
- (by extension, often derogatory) Someone who opposes technological change.
- (by extension, informal) One who lives among nature, forsaking technology.
verb
- hamper the action or progress of
- strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
- walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
- To walk lame, or unevenly.
- To disable; to impede.
- To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
- (figurative) To move or proceed roughly or irregularly.
noun
- the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- a shackle for the ankles or feet
- (chiefly in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
- (dialect, UK and Newfoundland) An odd job; a piece of casual work.
- An unsteady, off-balance step.
adj
- Opposed to metrication.
- In mechanics, relating to a pair of forces, a pair of oscillations or other motion acting in the opposite direction to symmetric.
- (sound engineering, especially music) Going off the rhythm, especially during a transition from one time signature to another.
- (electrical engineering) The converse of symmetric in electrical network theory, especially filter theory. A network where the input and output image impedances are the dual, or inverse, of each other as opposed to symmetric networks where they are equal.
verb
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- secure with a cramp
- suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
- affect with or as if with a cramp
- To form on a cramp.
- (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- (transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of.
- (transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.
noun
- a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
- That which confines or contracts.
- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
verb
noun
- either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
- a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
- rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
- a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
- A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
- Alternative form of haltere.
- A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
- One who halts or limps; a cripple.
- A halter top.
verb
noun
- a basket usually with a cover
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
- (US) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper).
- A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
- A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
- (UK) A gift basket.
verb
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- die from strangulation
- (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- (transitive) To stifle or suppress.
- (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- (intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
noun
verb
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
noun
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
verb
noun
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
verb
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
- (transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
- (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
- (transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
- (transitive, formal) To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
- a thwarting and distressing situation
- (golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
- (by extension) An obstacle or obstruction.
adv
adj
noun
verb
noun
- any opponent of technological progress
- one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
- (historical) Any of a group of early-19th-century English textile workers who destroyed machinery because it would harm their livelihood.
- (by extension, often derogatory) Someone who opposes technological change.
- (by extension, informal) One who lives among nature, forsaking technology.
verb
- slow down the progress of; hinder
- cost a certain amount
- hold back to a later time
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cost money.
- To reverse, go backwards.
- (transitive) To remove from or allow distance.
- (transitive) To delay or obstruct.
- (transitive) To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess.
verb
- hamper the action or progress of
- strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
- walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
- To walk lame, or unevenly.
- To disable; to impede.
- To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
- (figurative) To move or proceed roughly or irregularly.
noun
- the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- a shackle for the ankles or feet
- (chiefly in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
- (dialect, UK and Newfoundland) An odd job; a piece of casual work.
- An unsteady, off-balance step.
verb
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- secure with a cramp
- suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
- affect with or as if with a cramp
- To form on a cramp.
- (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- (transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of.
- (transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.
noun
- a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
- That which confines or contracts.
- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
verb
noun
- either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
- a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
- rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
- a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
- A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
- Alternative form of haltere.
- A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
- One who halts or limps; a cripple.
- A halter top.
verb
noun
- a basket usually with a cover
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
- (US) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper).
- A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
- A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
- (UK) A gift basket.
verb
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- die from strangulation
- (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- (transitive) To stifle or suppress.
- (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- (intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
noun
verb
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
noun
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
verb
noun
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
verb
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
- (transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
- (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
- (transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
- (transitive, formal) To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
- a thwarting and distressing situation
- (golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
- (by extension) An obstacle or obstruction.
adv
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Opposed to metrication.
- In mechanics, relating to a pair of forces, a pair of oscillations or other motion acting in the opposite direction to symmetric.
- (sound engineering, especially music) Going off the rhythm, especially during a transition from one time signature to another.
- (electrical engineering) The converse of symmetric in electrical network theory, especially filter theory. A network where the input and output image impedances are the dual, or inverse, of each other as opposed to symmetric networks where they are equal.