"block off" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blocks off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocking off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocked off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocked off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "block off (third-person singular simple present blocks off, present participle blocking off, simple past and past participle blocked off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "knock someone's block off"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The lorry is blocking off the road, so traffic has come to a standstill.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To obstruct."
      ],
      "id": "en-block_off-en-verb-Cz2U2Fs4",
      "links": [
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To obstruct."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'll need to block off a couple of weeks to refurnish my house.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To book, set aside (an unbroken period of time to do an activity)."
      ],
      "id": "en-block_off-en-verb-QQTuNBPR",
      "links": [
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ],
        [
          "set aside",
          "set aside"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "block off"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blocks off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocking off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocked off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocked off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "block off (third-person singular simple present blocks off, present participle blocking off, simple past and past participle blocked off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "knock someone's block off"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The lorry is blocking off the road, so traffic has come to a standstill.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To obstruct."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To obstruct."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'll need to block off a couple of weeks to refurnish my house.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To book, set aside (an unbroken period of time to do an activity)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ],
        [
          "set aside",
          "set aside"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "block off"
}