"block up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: blocks up [present, singular, third-person], blocking up [participle, present], blocked up [participle, past], blocked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations ((transitive) to completely block or obstruct): iaigh (Irish), obtūrō (Latin), tairi (Maori), блоки́ровать (blokírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заблоки́ровать (zablokírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), загроможда́ть (zagromoždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), загромозди́ть (zagromozdítʹ) (note: e.g. road or thoroughfare) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-block_up-en-verb-5bVVO3BH Disambiguation of '(transitive) to completely block or obstruct': 74 17 9
  2. (intransitive) To be completely blocked or obstructed. Tags: intransitive Translations ((intransitive) to be completely blocked or obstructed): блоки́роваться (blokírovatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), заблоки́роваться (zablokírovatʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-block_up-en-verb-krwGmbVD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 12 72 16 Disambiguation of '(intransitive) to be completely blocked or obstructed': 16 80 3
  3. (transitive) To raise on blocks. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-block_up-en-verb-7aw81MUl

Inflected forms

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