obstruct (verb)
111dam — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dike, seawall, levee, breakwater, embankment, floodgate. v. t. embank, sandbag; clog, plug, stop up, jam. See enclosure, hindrance, closure. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Structure to impound water] Syn.… …
112hide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. skin, pelt, coat; leather. See covering. v. cover, secrete, cloak, veil; dissemble, falsify; hole up; disguise, camouflage. See concealment, secret. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Skin of an animal] Syn. pelt …
113stop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. close; obstruct; stanch; arrest, halt, impede; inhibit; delay, hold up, detain; discontinue, suspend; end, terminate, conclude; cease, desist. Ant., go, continue, encourage. n. halt, standstill,… …
114stymie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. hinder, obstruct, impede; thwart, frustrate, puzzle, perplex, put at a loss, baffle, throw (inf.), floor (inf.). See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. block, impede, obstruct, stump; see hinder . III …
115hinder — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. impede, obstruct, interfere with, check, retard, fetter, block, thwart, bar, clog, encumber, burden, cripple, handicap, cramp, preclude, inhibit, debar, shackle, interrupt, arrest, contravene, curb, resist, oppose, baffle,… …
116impede — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hinder, thwart, block, deter; see bar 1 , 2 , hinder , prevent . See Synonym Study at hinder . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. block, hinder, obstruct, delay, hamper, check, thwart, bar, foil, inhibit, slow, stymie, stop,… …
117block — /blɒk / (say blok) noun 1. a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane or approximately plane faces. 2. a child s building brick. 3. a mould or piece on which something is shaped or kept in shape, as a hat block. 4. one of… …
118ob|struct — «uhb STRUHKT», transitive verb. 1. to make hard to pass through; block or close up: »Fallen trees obstruct the road. SYNONYM(S): choke, clog. 2. a) to be in the way of; block or close off: »Trees obstruct our view of the ocean. SYNONYM(S): impede …
119Sanskrit verbs — The Sanskrit verbal system is very complex, with verbs inflecting for different combinations of tense, aspect, mood, number, and person. Participial forms are also extensively used.Classification of verbsThere are two broad ways of classifying… …
120passage — noun 1 narrow way through ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ narrow, small ▪ winding ▪ connecting, side …
