block out

  • 101block sth in/out phrasal — verb (T) to make a drawing of something that gives a general idea but is not exact: I ll just block in the main buildings …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 102block something out — Syn: keep out, exclude, stop, conceal, blot out, obliterate …

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  • 103Block 11 —    This was the area in Auschwitz where punishments were meted out to prisoners. It was also in Block 11 that the Germans first tested Zyklon B gas. The tests were conducted on 600 Soviet prisoners of war and approximately 200 hospital patients.… …

    Historical dictionary of the Holocaust

  • 104block something in — 1) mark something out roughly ■ add something in a unit it s a good idea to block in regular periods of exercise ■ paint something with solid areas of color 2) park one s car in such a way as to prevent another car from moving away he blocked in… …

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  • 105Out of release — Release Re*lease , n. 1. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage. Who boast st release from hell. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 106block in — (Roget s Thesaurus II) (or out) verb To draw up a preliminary plan or version of: adumbrate, draft, outline, rough in (or out), sketch. See PLANNED …

    English dictionary for students

  • 107block dissection — noun : the operation of dissecting out and removing all the lymph nodes that provide lymphatic drainage for a cancerous area in an effort to prevent lymphatic spread of cancer cells …

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  • 108shut someone/something out — 1 he shut me out of the house: LOCK OUT, keep out, refuse entrance to. 2 she shut out the memories: BLOCK, suppress. 3 the bamboo shut out the light: KEEP OUT, block out, screen, veil …

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  • 109shut out — Synonyms and related words: ban, banned, bar, bar out, barred, barricade, blank, blanked, block, block out, block up, blockade, bolt, bulldoze, chock, choke, choke off, clobber, close, close off, close tight, close up, constrict, count out, cream …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 110shut out — 1) he shut me out of the house Syn: lock out, keep out, refuse entrance to 2) she shut out the memories Syn: block, suppress 3) the bamboo shut out the light Syn: keep out …

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