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blocking up

blocking up is the present participle and gerund of block up.

Meaning of block up

Verb

block up (third-person singular simple present blocks up, present participle blocking up, simple past and past participle blocked up)

  1. (transitive) To completely block or obstruct.
  2. (intransitive) To be completely blocked or obstructed.
  3. (transitive) To raise on blocks.
    • In mid-morning the Model T truck rolled triumphantly home to Cannery Row and hopped the gutter and creaked up through the weeds to its place behind Lee Chong’s. The boys blocked up the front wheels, drained what petrol was left into a five-gallon can, took their frogs and went wearily home to the...1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row

Questions about blocking up

What is blocking up the present participle and gerund of?
Blocking up is the present participle and gerund of block up.

Words near blocking up in the dictionary

  1. blocking patent
  2. blocking patents
  3. blocking the box
  4. blocking unit
  5. blocking units
  6. blocking up
  7. blockings
  8. blockish
  9. blockishly
  10. blockishness
  11. blocklayer

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