blocking

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The act of stopping something from passing or moving through.

   Like a fallen tree that stops cars from going down a road.

   The blocking of the doorway stopped people from leaving quickly.

   Snow caused a complete blocking of the mountain road.

   Similarobstruction, blockage

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of block. Use this form for an action that is happening now.

   He is blocking the door so nobody can get in.

   She kept blocking my view of the stage.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The planned movements and positions of actors on a stage during a show.

   Like marking where each player should stand before a game starts.

   The director spent hours on the blocking for the opening scene.

   Good blocking helps the audience follow the story.

   Similarstaging, choreography

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   Strong supports placed under a building to hold it up for a short time.

   Like stacking strong bricks under a table to keep it steady.

   The workers put blocking under the house before lifting it.

   Strong blocking kept the deck level during repairs.

   Similarcribbing, shoring

5. 5
   noununcountable

   A keyboard feature that stops extra key presses from registering when several keys are pressed at the same time.

   Like a filter that lets only the real key presses through and stops the fake ones.

   Because of blocking, the keyboard ignored the fourth key while three were already held down.

   Cheap keyboards use blocking, so some keys fail to register during fast play.

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6. 6
   noununcountable

   A blocky, square-shaped flaw that shows up when a picture or sound is broken into parts to be processed.

   Like seeing big square tiles in a photo instead of a smooth picture.

   You can see blocking in the photo where the sky looks like little squares.

   Heavy compression caused blocking across the whole video.

   Similarpixelation

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