blocked

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/blɑkt/

adj 5

Collocations

ADJ.

all, heavy, light, main, over

The main road was blocked by a car accident this morning.

VERB + BLOCKED

air, drains, fallen, houses, saw, side, tear

Heavy rain had fallen and blocked the drains outside our house.

BLOCKED + NOUN

car, china, i'm, landslide, morning, nose, passage, path

My nose was blocked this morning, so I couldn't smell anything.

PREP.

in, off, on, out, up, with

The road was blocked off after the accident happened yesterday.

ADV.

also, completely

The drain was completely blocked and water started backing up into the sink.

Definitions

adj

Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.

This road is blocked, so we must find another route.

Call a plumber to unclog the blocked drain.

Unable to move owing to an obstruction.

The argument was over a blocked car in a driveway.

Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.

Blocked users will be unable to access their accounts indefinitely.

The phone will reject calls from blocked numbers.

Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions.

All of this user's accounts are now blocked.

Drunk.

McKenna was found to be heavily intoxicated, and after caution he swore and replied: "I'm blocked."

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — completely obstructed or closed off

plugged

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

This road is blocked, so we must find another route.

Wiktionary

Call a plumber to unclog the blocked drain.

Wiktionary

The argument was over a blocked car in a driveway.

Wiktionary

The drains are blocked up.

Tatoeba · #25362

A car lying on its side blocked the passage.

Tatoeba · #25665

We had not gone far before we saw the road blocked by a truck.

Tatoeba · #25815

Usage Notes

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