block vs slash

block

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • 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.). 

slash

noun
  • A wild swinging strike of the bat. 

  • A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey or lacrosse stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. 

  • A swampy area; a swamp. 

  • A clearing in a forest, (particularly) those made by logging, fire, or other violent action. 

  • Slash fiction. 

  • A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip. 

  • A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant. 

  • A piss: an act of urination. 

  • Female genitalia. 

  • A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip. 

  • A sharp reduction. 

  • A slit in an outer garment exposing a lining or inner garment, usually of a contrasting color or design; any intentional long vertical cut in a garment. 

  • The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes (often proscribed) inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩. 

  • Any similar wide striking motion. 

  • A large quantity of watery food such as broth. 

  • The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal. 

verb
  • To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. 

  • To create slashes in a garment. 

  • To criticize cuttingly. 

  • To swing wildly at the ball. 

  • To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing. 

  • To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip. 

  • To write slash fiction. 

  • To piss, to urinate. 

  • To work in wet conditions. 

  • To reduce sharply. 

  • To move quickly and violently. 

  • To strike violently and randomly 

  • To crack a whip with a slashing motion. 

  • To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon. 

conj
  • Used to connect two or more identities in a list. 

  • Used to list alternatives. 

adv
  • Used to note the sound or action of a slash. 

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