Meaning of "block"

block •

n.
• • 1. a solid piece of wood, stone or the like: tipak, bloke
  • 2. an obstruction: sagabal, hadlang
  • 3. a number of buildings close together: bloke

v.
• • 1. to fill up so as to prevent passage: bumara, barahan, mabarahan, magharang, harangan, maharangan
  • 2. to stop, to impede: pumigil, pigilan, humadlang, hadlangan

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bar

n.
• • 1. an iron bar: baras na bakal, kabilya
  • 2. iron or steel grill: rehas na bakal
  • 3. a counter or place for drinking: bar, barikan
  • 4. the legal profession: bar
  • 5. an obstacle: hadlang, sagabal

v.
• • 1. to forbid: magbawal, pagbawalan, ipagbawal
  • 2. to block: maghadlang, humadlang, hadlangan, mahadlangan
  • 3. to lock or bolt: magtranka, magtarangka, tarangkahan

nut

n.
• • 1. dry fruit or seed with a kernel in a hard shell: nuwes
  • 2. peanut: mani
  • 3. a kind of nut similar to cashew nut: pili
  • 4. walnut: nuwes de nogal
  • 5. coconut: niyog
  • 6. a small block, usually of metal, which screws on to a bolt: tuwerka
  • 7. a crazy person (slang): loko/a, hibang

jail

n.
• • prison: bilangguan, bilibid, piitan, kulungan, kalaboso, preso

v.
• • to put in jail: magbilanggo, mabilanggo, ibilanggo, magbilibid, mabilibid, ibilibid, magkalabos, makalabos, ikalabos jam (1)

v.
• • 1. to press or squeeze tightly between surfaces (commonly used in the passive): maipit, mapasingit
  • 2. to push or thrust a thing hard into a place: magsiksik, isiksik, siksikan, magpasak, ipasak, pasakan
  • 3. to become caught so that it cannot work, as a machine, stick fast: magpalya, pumalya
  • 4. to fill or block up the way by crowding: magbara, bumara, makabara, mabarahan, barahan, humarang, makaharang, maharangan, harangan

obstruct

v.
• • 1. to block up, make hard to pass through: humadlang, hadlangan, humarang, harangan, bumara, barahan, sumagwil, sagwilan
  • 2. to prevent or impede: sumawata, masawata, sawatain
  • 3. to hinder, be in the way of: pumigil, makapigil, pigilin

stuff

n.
• • 1. material, what a thing is made of: materyales, gamit, kagamitan, sangkap, panangkap
  • 2. worthless material, useless things: abubot, basura, walang halagang (kuwentang) bagay

v.
• • 1. to fill, to pack full: maglaman, palamanan, palamnan, ipalaman, magpuno, punuin, magpaloob, palooban, ipaloob, siksikan
  • 2. to fill (a chicken, turkey, etc.) with seasoned bread crumbs, etc.: magrilyeno, rilyenuhin
  • 3. to fill the skin of a dead animal to make it look as it did when alive: magpasak, pasakan, magpalaman, palamnan
  • 4. to stop up, to block, to choke up: magbara, barahan, magpasak, pasakan, magtako, takuhan, magsupalpal, supalpalan

tipak

v.
• • tumipak (-um-) to hit, win a fortune. Tumipak sina Delfin sa karera. Delfin and his group made a fortune off the race.

v.
• • magtipak, tipakin (mag-:-in) to chop off a piece or portion of matter. Tipakin mo ang isang bloke ng yelo. Chop off a block of ice.

sangkalan

n.
• • chopping block

harang

v.
• • humarang (-um-) to block, to bar, to stand in the way. Humarang siya sa kalye. He blocked the road. magharang, iharang (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to put a block or a hindrance, to bar with something. Magharang ka ng kahoy sa pinto. Bar the door with a piece of wood. mangharang, harangin (mang:-in)

v.
• • to rob, to stop, to block. Nanghaharang siya ng mga tao. He robs people.

bara

v.
• • bumara (-um-) to cause an obstruction. Bumara sa daan ang nabuwal na kahoy. The uprooted tree blocked the road (path). magbara, ibara (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to bar, to hinder, to obstruct with something. Ibara mo ang mga bato sa daan. Block the road (path) with stones.

sangga

v.
• • sumangga (-um-) to shield, to obstruct for protection manangga, sanggahin (mang:-in)

v.
• • to block (as in boxing). Sanggahin mo ang suntok niya. Block his punch (boxing).

limbag

v.
• • maglimbag, limbagin, ilimbag (mag-:-in, i-) to print, to write in block letters. Linimbag nila ang bagong libro. They printed the new book.