A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
A cellblock.
The popping crease.
A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
Solitary confinement.
A section of split logs used as fuel.
A blockhole.
A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
Something that prevents something from passing.
A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
The human head.
A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
A roughly cuboid building.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
To hit with a block.
To wait for some condition to become true.
To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
To play a block shot.
To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
To shape or sketch out roughly.
To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
A particular version or edit of a film.
A share or portion of profits.
An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
A skein of yarn.
A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
The result of cutting.
In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
The card obtained by dividing the pack.
The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
The act of cutting.
An artificial navigation channel as distinguished from a navigable river.
Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
A slab, especially of meat.
A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
An unkind act; a cruelty.
A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
A haircut.
A decrease.
To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
To reduce, especially intentionally.
To exhibit (a quality).
To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
To wound with a knife.
To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
To enter a queue in the wrong place.
To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
To stop, disengage, or cease.
To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
To form or shape by cutting.
To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
To make or negotiate.
To castrate or geld.
To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
To change direction suddenly.
To perform (a dancing movement etc.).
To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
An instruction to cease recording.
Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
Reduced.
Having been cut.
Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
Carved into a shape; not raw.
Emotionally hurt.