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The thing that I enjoy about animation is the fact that it is unbridled, and there are no boundaries; when you are in the room, you don't have to focus on your clothing, make-up, hair, your choreography or your blocking; you really do have total freedom.
Jodi Benson

Meaning of "blocking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLOCKING

blocking  [ˈblɒkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOCKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blocking is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLOCKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blocking in the English dictionary

The definition of blocking in the dictionary is the interruption of anode current in a valve because of the application of a high negative voltage to the grid. Other definition of blocking is internal congestion in a communication system that prevents the transmission of information.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLOCKING


beta-blocking
ˈbiːtəˌblɒkɪŋ
bluestocking
ˈbluːˌstɒkɪŋ
docking
ˈdɒkɪŋ
frocking
ˈfrɒkɪŋ
knocking
ˈnɒkɪŋ
locking
ˈlɒkɪŋ
mocking
ˈmɒkɪŋ
overclocking
ˌəʊvəˈklɒkɪŋ
rocking
ˈrɒkɪŋ
self-locking
ˌsɛlfˈlɒkɪŋ
self-mocking
ˌselfˈmɒkɪŋ
shocking
ˈʃɒkɪŋ
smocking
ˈsmɒkɪŋ
stocking
ˈstɒkɪŋ
tictocking
ˈtɪkˌtɒkɪŋ
twoccing
ˈtwɒkɪŋ
twocking
ˈtwɒkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOCKING

blockbusting
blocked
blocked currency
blocked shoe
blocker
blockhead
blockheaded
blockheadedly
blockheadedness
blockhole
blockhouse
blockie
blockier
blockiest
blockiness
blockish
blockishly
blockishness
blockwork
blocky

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOCKING

attacking
backing
booking
checking
clicking
cracking
decking
fucking
hacking
kicking
lacking
licking
packing
picking
stacking
sucking
ticking
tracking
trafficking
trucking
wrecking

Synonyms and antonyms of blocking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BLOCKING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «blocking» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of blocking

Translation of «blocking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLOCKING

Find out the translation of blocking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blocking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blocking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bloqueo
570 millions of speakers

English

blocking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवरुद्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حجب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

блокируя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bloqueando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রোধক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

blocage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyekat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blockierung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブロッキング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

차단
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pamblokiran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngăn chặn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தடுப்பதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अवरोधित करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bloke etme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blocco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

blokowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

блокуючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blocare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλείδωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blokkeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blockering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blokkerer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blocking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOCKING»

The term «blocking» is very widely used and occupies the 11.469 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOCKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blocking

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10 QUOTES WITH «BLOCKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blocking.
1
Antony Beevor
If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles.
2
Jodi Benson
The thing that I enjoy about animation is the fact that it is unbridled, and there are no boundaries; when you are in the room, you don't have to focus on your clothing, make-up, hair, your choreography or your blocking; you really do have total freedom.
3
Michael Biehn
I am much more involved in the filmmaking experience on Mag Seven. I'm much more involved in story elements, casting decisions, the writing of the show, the blocking of the scenes.
4
Tara Brach
Quite simply, if you're feeling anxious, angry, a sense of shame, whatever it is, breathe in and agree to touch or feel it. Breathing out, offer space and care to whatever's there. If there's blocking to touching it, emphasize the in-breath and stay embodied.
5
Stephen Gaghan
I can't separate the process of writing from the visual process. I'm speaking only for myself here, but I'm a highly visual writer. In my imagination, when I'm thinking of a scene, I think of every last detail of it: The space, the color palette, the blocking of the actors, the placement of the camera.
6
Greta Gerwig
When I did plays in high school and college, I never remember memorizing my lines, but once I had blocking, I had all my lines memorized. Once I had movement associated with words, it was fine. Before I had blocking, it was just text on a page. Once it became embodied, it was much easier.
7
Paul Gillmor
The American economy has always been driven by the entrepreneurial nature of its citizens, and blocking access to affordable health care will only suffocate growth within the small business sector of our economy.
8
Kat Graham
When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bullied. The reality is, it's about them, not you... I'm all about blocking people. I'm all about saying, 'You know what, I don't need this in my life.'
9
Jill Greenberg
The most dangerous fundamentalists aren't just waging war in Iraq; they're attacking evolution, blocking medical research and ignoring the environment.
10
Robert Iler
I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOCKING»

Discover the use of blocking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blocking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Procrastination and blocking: a novel, practical approach
Procrastination means putting off a difficult, delayable, important task in favor of something easier, quicker, and less anxiety-provoking.
Robert Boice, 1996
2
Analysis of Queueing Networks with Blocking
It also presents various application examples of queueing networks to model computer systems and communication networks. This book is organized in three parts.
Simonetta Balsamo, Vittoria de Nitto Persone, Raif Onvural, 2001
3
Bully Blocking: Six Secrets to Help Children Deal with ...
This revised edition of Bully Blocking (originally published under the title Bully Busting) is based on Evelyn Field's 'Secrets of relating', a six-step model that has proved highly successful in her counselling work with young people.
Evelyn M. Field, 2007
4
Blocking the Courthouse Door: How the Republican Party and ...
Charges the Bush administration and corporations with compromising civil liberties that protect the rights of Americans to sue, identifying the government's role in small business bankruptcy, and the deterioration of private medical ...
Stephanie Mencimer, 2006
5
The Dirty Energy Dilemma: What's Blocking Clean Power in the ...
According to Sovacool, the fix for this ugly array of problems lies not in nuclear power or clean coal, but in renewable energy systems that produce few harmful byproducts, relieve congestion on the transmission grid, require less ...
Benjamin K. Sovacool, 2008
6
Farmers' Bulletin
BLOCKING AND THINNING Thinning is the most laborious and expensive operation in the production of lettuce. Lettuce seeded in place, whether by seeders or by hand, requires blocking and thinning. Blocking with a hoe or a blocking ...
7
The Blocking Technique, Weighted Mean Operators and Hardy's ...
This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of the blocking technique which consists in transforming norms in section form into norms in block form, and vice versa.
Karl-Goswin Grosse-Erdmann, 1998
8
Youth Double Wing: A Winning Youth Football Offense
Over the years, I have made the switch from ODD/EVEN double team/down schemes to GOD (Gap On Down) blocking schemes, to SAB (Severe Angle Blocking), to TKO (Track and Kick Out) schemes. One thing that I have discovered  ...
Jack Gregory, 2008
9
Distributed Network Systems: From Concepts to Implementations
3.2.2.3 Blocking versus Non-blocking Primitives One of the most important properties of message passing primitives concerns whether their execution could cause delay. We distinguish blocking and non- blocking primitives. We say that a  ...
Weijia Jia, Wanlei Zhou, 2005
10
Pulse and Digital Circuits
A blocking oscillator is a regenerative feedback circuit used to generate pulses of high peak power. There are two types of blocking oscillators. The monostable blocking oscillator which can be used to generate a single pulse and the astable  ...
Anand Kumar, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOCKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blocking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Blocking brain protein could stop memory loss caused by ageing
There might be a way to stave off the memory loss people experience as they get older. As people age, a protein that disrupts brain cell repair ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»
2
Liverpool FC Transfer Rumours: Borini Blocking Italian Move
Now, reports out of Italy claim the out of favour 24-year-old could be blocking another transfer deal getting from done. Rumour has it that Lazio ... «The Liverpool Offside, Jul 15»
3
Blocking the Bomb Trains: Nationwide Protests On Lac-Megantic …
Those were the words of Lowen Berman, a Portland activist involved in a blockade of oil train tracks to mark the second anniversary of the ... «De Smog Blog, Jul 15»
4
Dutch postman tears down Tour De France barrier blocking his …
This is the hilarious moment a frustrated Dutch postman tore down Tour de France barriers stopping him from from finishing his round. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Tractor-Trailer Crash Blocking Traffic on I-81 Near Mint Spring
AUGUSTA COUNTY - A crash involving a tractor-trailer is blocking part of Interstate 81 northbound in Augusta County. The crash is reported ... «WHSV, Jul 15»
6
White House accuses GOP of blocking key counter-terrorism …
White House accuses GOP of blocking key counter-terrorism appointment. Obama nominated Szubin to a Treasury post three months ago, but ... «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
7
Vehicle Blocking Driveway Results In Drug Charges
A Greene County man was arrested Sunday after the Greene County Sheriff's Department responded to a call of a vehicle blocking a driveway. «Greeneville Sun, Jul 15»
8
Overturned vehicle blocking traffic on MacDill
There is a small bus on its side. The driver was the only person on the bus. There were no injuries reported and three cars were involved in the ... «WTSP 10 News, Jul 15»
9
'Flushable' wipes blocking QLD sewers
Queensland Urban Utilities are urging consumers not to flush wet wipes even though some claim to be a flushable product. It is assumed that ... «4BC, Jul 15»
10
Crash blocking traffic on U.S. 41 at Tallevast Road in Bradenton
Keep up to date with breaking news, crime reports, traffic tie-ups, the day's weather and links to the top stories across Bradenton, Lakewood ... «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»

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