(transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
Esimerkit
There's a block in the pipe that means the water can't get through.
a block of ice, a block of stone
I blocked the mittens by wetting them and pinning them to a shaped piece of cardboard.
When the condition expression is false, the thread blocks on the condition variable.
I tried to send you a message, but you've blocked me!
It was very difficult to block this scene convincingly.
The offensive linemen tried to block the blitz.
He blocked the basketball player's shot.
His plan to take over the business was blocked by the boss.
You're blocking the road – I can't get through.
The pipe is blocked.
What a block art thou!
The match proved an unedifying spectacle until Spurs won a corner following their first move of real quality, John Mensah making an important block with Jermain Defoe poised to strike.
You young porkers who are sitting in front of me, every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year.
A block of 100 tickets.
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.
Next morning, Monday, after disposing of the embalmed head to a barber, for a block, I settled my own and comrade’s bill; using, however, my comrade’s money.
I'll knock your block off.
The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north.
A block of flats.
He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
I'm going for a walk around the block.
Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.