Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BLOCKING
BLOCKING Block "ing, n.
1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks.
2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc. ) temporarily.
BLOCKING COURSE
BLOCKING COURSE Block "ing course ` (. (Arch. )
Defn: The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.
New American Oxford Dictionary
blocking
block ing |ˈbläkiNG ˈblɑkɪŋ | ▶noun 1 the action or process of obstructing movement, progress, or activity, in particular: • obstructing or impeding the actions of an opponent in a game, esp. (in ball sports ) one who does not have control of the ball. • Psychiatry the sudden halting of the flow of thought or speech, as a symptom of schizophrenia or other mental disorder. • failure to recall or consider an unpleasant memory or train of thought. 2 the grouping or treatment of things (e.g., items of data or shades of color ) in blocks. • the physical arrangement of actors on a stage or movie set.
Oxford Dictionary
blocking
block |ing |blɒkɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action of blocking or obstructing someone or something, in particular: • the impeding of an opponent in a game, especially (in ball sports ) one who does not have control of the ball. • Psychiatry the sudden halting of the flow of thought or speech, as a symptom of schizophrenia or other mental disorder. • failure to recall or consider an unpleasant memory or train of thought. 2 the grouping or treatment of things (e.g. shades of colour ) in blocks. • the physical arrangement of actors on a stage or film set.
Duden Dictionary
Blocking
Blo cking Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Bl o cking |das Blocking; Genitiv: des Blockings, Plural: die Blockings englisch Blockade 1 1 b
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