BLOCKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blocking mean? 

• BLOCKING (noun)
  The noun BLOCKING has 1 sense:

1. the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements

  Familiarity information: BLOCKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOCKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

block; blocking

Hypernyms ("blocking" is a kind of...):

obstruction (getting in someone's way)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blocking"):

interference ((American football) blocking a player's path with your body)

trap block ((American football) an illegal block)

parry ((fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword)

Derivation:

block (impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball))

block (block passage through)

block (render unsuitable for passage)

 Context examples 

As a prodrug, alacepril is rapidly metabolized to captopril; captopril competitively binds to and inhibits ACE, thereby blocking the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II.

(Alacepril, NCI Thesaurus)

AEG35156 may kill cancer cells by blocking the production of a protein called XIAP that helps cells live longer.

(AEG35156, NCI Dictionary)

Monoclonal antibody E2.3 binds to the Tf receptor, blocking the binding of transferrin to the receptor and resulting in decreased tumor cell growth.

(Monoclonal Antibody E2.3, NCI Thesaurus)

By blocking the effects of PTH-rP on calcium metabolism, monoclonal antibody CAL may inhibit cancer-related hypercalcemia.

(Monoclonal Antibody CAL, NCI Thesaurus)

In a dense phalanx, blocking the streets from side to side, the crowd set forth, taking the route of Regent Street, Pall Mall, St. James's Street, and Piccadilly.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Monoclonal antibody A27.15 binds to the Tf receptor, blocking the binding of transferrin to the receptor and resulting in decreased tumor cell growth.

(Monoclonal Antibody A27.15, NCI Thesaurus)

Monoclonal antibody E7.6.3 binds to the EGFR, blocking the binding of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor alpha to EGFR-expressing cancer cells and ultimately inhibiting EGFR-dependent cell activation and proliferation.

(Monoclonal Antibody E7.6.3, NCI Thesaurus)

This subsequently leads to the downregulation of cyclin D1, blocking cell cycle progression and proliferation.

(MTF-1 Inhibitor LOR-253 HCl, NCI Thesaurus)

Paclitaxel also inhibits metalloproteinase, thereby blocking the activities of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and preventing collagen degradation in cartilage and bone.

(Micellar Paclitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

The astronomers knew the planet was there due to dips in the light from its host star as it orbited, periodically blocking starlight.

(Mercury Not as Rare as Previously Thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)