transitive. To beset (literal and figurative); to bar (a way; with dative of person); to surround, invest (a city, etc.); to waylay, entrap (a…

To beset (a way, etc.) so as to prevent a person from passing. (In early use with dative of person.)

transitive. To make (a way) impassable by blocking up its passage or outlet. To block, choke up (a road, channel, harbour, and the like). Also with up…

transitive. To shut or close (a door, lid, etc.) firmly or securely; †to bar or block (a way).

transitive. To make (a way) impassable by blocking up its passage or outlet. to stop one's way: to stand in one's way, bar one's passage, oppose one…

To close (an aperture) by placing something upon it or by drawing something across it; to stop up (a road) with obstacles or barriers.

To bar, barricade, confine (a person); to obstruct (a way).

To set or station themselves round, to surround with hostile intent. To occupy (a road, gate, or passage), esp. so as to prevent any one from passing.

transitive. To close up (an aperture) by stuffing something into it, by building it up, or by placing… To block up (a way of entrance or exit, an…

transitive. To close or bar (a passage or route) against any attempt to pass; to obstruct or prevent (entry or exit). Also in extended use. Now rare…

transitive. To close, shut up, block (a passage); to prevent the passage of.

To close (an entrance, aperture, etc.); to pull (a door, window, etc.) to; †to stop up, make impassable (a road). Also occasionally to shut…

To beset, obstruct by armed force (a way or passage); to bar the entrance to (a house) by a force stationed before it. Obsolete.

with about, in, round, up. to fence off: to keep off by a fence. Also absol.

To obstruct as with a hedge; also to hedge up.

transitive. To choke or block up (a river or channel); (occasionally more generally) to fill up. English regional (west midlands) in later use.

To close fast, close or stop up, block up (an opening, way, etc.) Obsolete.

transitive. To stop up in front.

to flounder up: to choke up (a watercourse). Obsolete

transitive. To block or impede passage along or through (an opening, thoroughfare, waterway, etc.); to place or be an obstacle in; to render…

To close or obstruct (a way of approach) by some barrier; to block up, make impassable.

transitive. To cut off or bar (a way or passage). Also figurative. Obsolete.

to shut the door in (also †upon)(a person's) face (and variants): to reject someone outright by closing a door, etc., against him or her; (figurative…

transitive. To block (a passage) with a barricade.

transitive. To close or block (a passage) with (or as with) a barricade. (Formerly often with up.)

To obstruct (a road, course, or passage) with something placed across; to block. Obsolete exc. figurative.

transitive. To obstruct or close with obstacles (a passage). Predicated either of the personal agent, or of the obstructions. Also figurative.

transitive. To lie across, or place something across, so as to block the way; to obstruct. Obsolete.

transitive. To close or block up with barricades for a second or further time.

To block up a channel. (The usual sense.)

transitive. figurative and in extended use. To obstruct, block up or off. Cf. blockade, n. 2a.

transitive. To obstruct (a road, river, etc.). Cf. earlier embarrassed, adj. 1b. Now rare.

With up. To block, obstruct, incommode, imprison, etc., with snow. Usually in past participle.

transitive. Originally U.S. To prevent or impede the progress or achievement of (something); to obstruct, hinder. See roadblock, n. 2b.