unblock
/ʌnˈblɒk/
unblock verb: to remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
Verb
unblock (third-person singular simple present unblocks, present participle unblocking, simple past and past participle unblocked)
- To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
- We need a plumber to unblock the sink.
- During this period, Network Rail was able to unblock a culvert and stabilise a high-risk landslip at Beattock, and to stabilise a high-risk landslip site at Ravenstruther (near Carstairs).2021 March 10, “Network News: Flooding closes Highland and West Coast main lines in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 926, page 17
- Synonyms:
- deobstruct
- To free or make available.
- It is not just bad news about Dubai that gets blocked from the Internet; […] a whole range of other social networking sites have been blocked, unblocked and reblocked.2010, Syed Ali, Dubai: gilded cage, page 58
- In whist, to throw away a high card so as not to interrupt one's partner's long suit.
- To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked).
Noun
unblock (plural unblocks)
- The removal of a block or blockage.
- Look for every opportunity to create an entry to the weak hand. Spectacular unblocks are often needed.1997, Danny Roth, Focus on Declarer Play, page 68
- Control messages, such as requests/forwards/unblocks, are often shorter as they need to carry the address and some header information, while data messages, such as responses, are cache-line sized with some extra header information.2017, Natalie Enright Jerger, Tushar Krishna, Li-Shiuan Peh, On-Chip Networks: Second Edition, page 110
unblock meaning in Tamil
unblock in Tamil
- to unblock
- விடுவி viṭuvi
Synonyms of unblock
Forms of unblock
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | unblocks |
| present participle | unblocking |
| past participle | unblocked |
| past | unblocked |
| Noun | |
| plural | unblocks |
Origin of unblock
From un- + block.
Words formed from unblock
Words that rhyme with unblock
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- sock
- unlock
- baroque
- flock
- locke
- mock
- ad hoc
- frock
- undock
- VOC
- chock
- defrock
- nock
- o'clock
- prairie dock
- proc
- smock
- acock
- amok
- bangkok
- bloc
- Carvel Rock
- doc
- grok
- hough
- loch
- pock
- slock
- wedlock
- wok
- 24-hour clock
- bock
- bok
- brocc
- choc
- croc
- digital clock
- drop lock
- Farallon Rock
- flight sock
- freezer block
- gock
- hashlock
- hock
- kozachok
- lough
- Nixon shock
- oc
Questions about unblock
- What does unblock mean?
- Unblock means to remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
- What is unblock in Tamil?
- Unblock in Tamil is விடுவி (viṭuvi). See Unblock meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unblock?
- Unblock can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unblock?
- Unblock is pronounced /ʌnˈblɒk/.
- What is the past tense of unblock?
- The past tense of unblock is unblocked.
Words near unblock in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unblock (page history and authors); விடுவி (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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