"obstruct" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əbˈstɹʌkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obstruct.wav [Southern-England] Forms: obstructs [present, singular, third-person], obstructing [participle, present], obstructed [participle, past], obstructed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌkt Etymology: From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*strew-}}, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|obstructus|obstruct-|blocked up}} obstruct- (“blocked up”), {{m|la|obstruere}} obstruere, {{m|la|ob||against}} ob (“against”), {{m|la|struere||pile up, build}} struere (“pile up, build”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} obstruct (third-person singular simple present obstructs, present participle obstructing, simple past and past participle obstructed)
  1. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block. Translations (To block or fill (a passage)): سد (sadd) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), запречвам (zaprečvam) (Bulgarian), преграждам (pregraždam) (Bulgarian), obstruir (Catalan), 擋住 (Chinese Mandarin), 挡住 (dǎngzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 阻擋 (Chinese Mandarin), 阻挡 (zǔdǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), ucpat [perfective] (Czech), zatarasit [perfective] (Czech), zablokovat [perfective] (Czech), tukkia (Finnish), obstruer (French), behindern (German), versperren (German), ostruire (Italian), ふさぐ (fusagu) (Japanese), obstō (Latin), obstruō (Latin), whakaapi (Maori), obstruir (Portuguese), trancar (Portuguese), entupir (Portuguese), înfunda (Romanian), obtura (Romanian), astupa (Romanian), заслоня́ть (zaslonjátʹ) (note: e.g. view) [imperfective] (Russian), заслони́ть (zaslonítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), загора́живать (zagoráživatʹ) (note: e.g. road) [imperfective] (Russian), загороди́ть (zagorodítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), zapriječiti (Serbo-Croatian), entorpecer (Spanish), estorbar (Spanish), atorar (Spanish), obstruir (Spanish), chắn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-obstruct-en-verb-SUfIwiRM Disambiguation of 'To block or fill (a passage)': 92 5 4
  2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder. Translations (To impede, retard, or interfere with): преча (preča) (Bulgarian), затруднявам (zatrudnjavam) (Bulgarian), obstruir (Catalan), bránit [imperfective] (Czech), překážet [imperfective] (Czech), estää (Finnish), bloquer (French), retarder (French), interférer (French), ostacolare (Italian), 먹통 (meoktong) (Korean), obstō (Latin), officio (Latin), whakahōtaetae (Maori), kōpeka (Maori), whakaapi (Maori), obstruir (Portuguese), bloca (Romanian), împiedica (Romanian), întârzia (Romanian), препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ) (Russian), меша́ть (mešátʹ) (Russian), ometati (Serbo-Croatian), entorpecer (Spanish), impedir (Spanish), estorbar (Spanish), אָבסטרויִרן (obstruirn) [law] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-obstruct-en-verb-en:To_impede__retard__or_interfere_with Disambiguation of 'To impede, retard, or interfere with': 5 90 5
  3. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight. Translations (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight): zicht belemmeren (Dutch), peittää (Finnish), obstruer (French), éclipser (French), ostruire (Italian), obstruir (Portuguese), ocultar (Portuguese), esconder (Portuguese), загора́живать (zagoráživatʹ) (Russian), заслоня́ть (zaslonjátʹ) (Russian), zakloniti (Serbo-Croatian), esconder (Spanish), ocultar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-obstruct-en-verb-nYhXL3m1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 30 47 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 31 44 Disambiguation of 'To get in the way of so as to hide from sight': 2 3 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deobstruct, obstruct the field, obstructed, obstructedly, unobstructed, unobstructedly

Inflected forms

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        "To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block."
      ],
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          "block",
          "block#English"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sadd",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "سد"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaprečvam",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "запречвам"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pregraždam",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "obstruir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "擋住"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dǎngzhù",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "挡住"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "阻擋"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǔdǎng",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "阻挡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ucpat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zatarasit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zablokovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "tukkia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "obstruer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "behindern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "versperren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "ostruire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fusagu",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "ふさぐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "obstō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "obstruō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "whakaapi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "obstruir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "trancar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "entupir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "înfunda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "obtura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "astupa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "e.g. view",
          "roman": "zaslonjátʹ",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заслоня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaslonítʹ",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заслони́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "e.g. road",
          "roman": "zagoráživatʹ",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "загора́живать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zagorodítʹ",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "загороди́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "zapriječiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "entorpecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "estorbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "atorar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "obstruir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
          "word": "chắn"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They obstructed my progress.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder."
      ],
      "id": "en-obstruct-en-verb-en:To_impede__retard__or_interfere_with",
      "links": [
        [
          "hinder",
          "hinder"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:To impede, retard, or interfere with"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "preča",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "преча"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zatrudnjavam",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "затруднявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "obstruir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "bránit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "překážet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "estää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "bloquer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "retarder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "interférer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "ostacolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "meoktong",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "먹통"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "obstō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "officio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "whakahōtaetae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "kōpeka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "whakaapi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "obstruir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "bloca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "împiedica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "întârzia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prepjátstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "препя́тствовать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mešátʹ",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "меша́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "ometati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "entorpecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "impedir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "word": "estorbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 5",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "obstruirn",
          "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
          "topics": [
            "law"
          ],
          "word": "אָבסטרויִרן"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 30 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 31 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight."
      ],
      "id": "en-obstruct-en-verb-nYhXL3m1",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "zicht belemmeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "peittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "obstruer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "éclipser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "ostruire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "obstruir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "ocultar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "esconder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zagoráživatʹ",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "загора́живать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaslonjátʹ",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "заслоня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "zakloniti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "esconder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 95",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
          "word": "ocultar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əbˈstɹʌkt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌkt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *strew-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌkt",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌkt/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "deobstruct"
    },
    {
      "word": "obstruct the field"
    },
    {
      "word": "obstructed"
    },
    {
      "word": "obstructedly"
    },
    {
      "word": "unobstructed"
    },
    {
      "word": "unobstructedly"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*strew-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "obstructus",
        "3": "obstruct-",
        "4": "blocked up"
      },
      "expansion": "obstruct- (“blocked up”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "obstruere"
      },
      "expansion": "obstruere",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ob",
        "3": "",
        "4": "against"
      },
      "expansion": "ob (“against”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "struere",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pile up, build"
      },
      "expansion": "struere (“pile up, build”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "obstructs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obstructed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obstructed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "obstruct (third-person singular simple present obstructs, present participle obstructing, simple past and past participle obstructed)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "block",
          "block#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They obstructed my progress.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hinder",
          "hinder"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:To impede, retard, or interfere with"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əbˈstɹʌkt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌkt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sadd",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "سد"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaprečvam",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "запречвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregraždam",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "преграждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "obstruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "擋住"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎngzhù",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "挡住"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "阻擋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔdǎng",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "阻挡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ucpat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zatarasit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zablokovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "tukkia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "obstruer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "behindern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "versperren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "ostruire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fusagu",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "ふさぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "obstō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "obstruō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "whakaapi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "obstruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "trancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "entupir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "înfunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "obtura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "astupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "e.g. view",
      "roman": "zaslonjátʹ",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заслоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaslonítʹ",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заслони́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "e.g. road",
      "roman": "zagoráživatʹ",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "загора́живать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagorodítʹ",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "загороди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "zapriječiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "entorpecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "estorbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "atorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "obstruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "To block or fill (a passage)",
      "word": "chắn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "preča",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "преча"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zatrudnjavam",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "затруднявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "obstruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bránit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "překážet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "estää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "bloquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "retarder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "interférer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "ostacolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "meoktong",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "먹통"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "obstō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "officio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "whakahōtaetae"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "kōpeka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "whakaapi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "obstruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "bloca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "împiedica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "întârzia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepjátstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "препя́тствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mešátʹ",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "меша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "ometati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "entorpecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "impedir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "word": "estorbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "obstruirn",
      "sense": "To impede, retard, or interfere with",
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "אָבסטרויִרן"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "zicht belemmeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "peittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "obstruer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "éclipser"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "ostruire"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "obstruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "ocultar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "esconder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagoráživatʹ",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "загора́живать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaslonjátʹ",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "заслоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "zakloniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "esconder"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To get in the way of so as to hide from sight",
      "word": "ocultar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obstruct"
}

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