block – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to block up sth
Participle: blocked up sth
Gerund: blocking up sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	block up sth
we	Let's block up sth
you	block up sth

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

form

reshape, mold, shape, pattern, press, steam

hinder

arrest, prevent, impede, stop, check, obstruct, deter, blockade

Antonyms

to administer a physical blow

hit

form

deform, destroy, devastate, demolish

hinder

assist, aid, advance, forward

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "solid piece," c.1305, from O.Fr. bloc "log, block," via M.Du. bloc "trunk of a tree" or O.H.G. bloh, both from PIE *bhlugo-, from *bhel "a thick plank, beam." Slang sense of "head" is from 1635. The meaning in city block is 1796, from the notion of a "compact mass" of buildings; slang meaning "fashionable promenade" is 1869. Extended sense of "obstruction" is first recorded 1649. The verb "to obstruct" is from 1570. Blockhead "stupid person" (1549) was originally a head-shaped oaken block used by hat-makers. Blockade first used 1680, with false Fr. ending (the Fr. word is blocus). Blockhouse is c.1500, of unknown origin.
2. From Middle English blok (“log, stump, solid piece”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old Frisian blok, Old Saxon blok, Old High German bloh, bloc (“block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (“divider, partition”). More at balk. See also bloc, bulk.

Verbs referencing "block"

Spanish bloquear, Finnish with old forms blokata, Latvian bloķēt, Thai บล็อก, Vietnamese bờ lốc.

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