"block out" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blocks out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocking out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocked out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocked out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "block out (third-person singular simple present blocks out, present participle blocking out, simple past and past participle blocked out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: lock out"
        },
        {
          "text": "High-factor suncream blocks out the sun's rays.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 51:",
          "text": "First Class has curtains throughout, and they are sturdy, dark and block out the light very well.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prevent from entering or penetrating."
      ],
      "id": "en-block_out-en-verb-HJzF2hwQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to prevent from entering or penetrating."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After finding out she had terminal cancer, she tried to block out any thoughts of her own mortality.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind."
      ],
      "id": "en-block_out-en-verb-eRhwvTDh",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, transitive) to prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: black out"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cover something, so as to make it impossible to see."
      ],
      "id": "en-block_out-en-verb-NhKX~S~N",
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to cover something, so as to make it impossible to see."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "English terms with collocations",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 12 57",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"out\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 23 12 38",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 17 11 53",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100",
          "tags": [
            "noun"
          ],
          "word": "blockout"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to block out a plan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out."
      ],
      "id": "en-block_out-en-verb-ko5kwTph",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "en-au-block out.ogg",
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  "word": "block out"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"out\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "blockout"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blocks out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocking out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocked out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blocked out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "block out (third-person singular simple present blocks out, present participle blocking out, simple past and past participle blocked out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: lock out"
        },
        {
          "text": "High-factor suncream blocks out the sun's rays.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 51:",
          "text": "First Class has curtains throughout, and they are sturdy, dark and block out the light very well.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prevent from entering or penetrating."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to prevent from entering or penetrating."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "After finding out she had terminal cancer, she tried to block out any thoughts of her own mortality.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, transitive) to prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: black out"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cover something, so as to make it impossible to see."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to cover something, so as to make it impossible to see."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to block out a plan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "block out"
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