What is the meaning of blocking?

noun

• The act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements.
  • synonyms: block

verb

• Render unsuitable for passage.
  • usage: "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
  • synonyms: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
• Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.
  • usage: "His brother blocked him at every turn"
  • synonyms: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
• Stop from happening or developing.
  • usage: "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
  • synonyms: stop, halt, block, kibosh
• Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals.
  • usage: "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
  • synonyms: jam, block
• Run on a block system.
  • usage: "block trains"
  • synonyms: block
• Interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia.
  • usage: "block a nerve"; "block a muscle"
  • synonyms: block
• Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight.
  • usage: "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"
  • synonyms: obstruct, block
• Stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block.
  • usage: "block the book cover"
  • synonyms: block
• Obstruct.
  • usage: "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
  • synonyms: stuff, lug, choke up, block
• Block passage through.
  • usage: "obstruct the path"
  • synonyms: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
• Support, secure, or raise with a block.
  • usage: "block a plate for printing"; "block the wheels of a car"
  • synonyms: block
• Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball. )
  • usage: "block an attack"
  • synonyms: parry, block, deflect
• Be unable to remember.
  • usage: "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife"
  • synonyms: forget, block, blank out, draw a blank
• Shape by using a block.
  • usage: "Block a hat"; "block a garment"
  • synonyms: block
• Shape into a block or blocks.
  • usage: "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly"
  • synonyms: block
• Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets. )
  • usage: "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
  • synonyms: freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise