block up

English

Verb

block up (third-person singular simple present blocks up, present participle blocking up, simple past and past participle blocked up)

1. (transitive) To completely block or obstruct.
2. (intransitive) To be completely blocked or obstructed.
3. (transitive) To raise on blocks.
   • 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:

     In mid-morning the Model T truck rolled triumphantly home to Cannery Row and hopped the gutter and creaked up through the weeds to its place behind Lee Chong’s. The boys blocked up the front wheels, drained what petrol was left into a five-gallon can, took their frogs and went wearily home to the Palace Flophouse.

Translations

(transitive) to completely block or obstruct

• Irish: iaigh
• Latin: obtūrō
• Maori: tairi
• Russian: блоки́ровать (ru) impf (blokírovatʹ), заблоки́ровать (ru) pf (zablokírovatʹ), загроможда́ть (ru) impf (zagromoždátʹ), загромозди́ть (ru) pf (zagromozdítʹ) (e.g. road or thoroughfare)

(intransitive) to be completely blocked or obstructed

• Russian: блоки́роваться (ru) impf (blokírovatʹsja), заблоки́роваться (ru) pf (zablokírovatʹsja)