obstruct

  • 31obstruct — see STRUCTURE …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 32obstruct — ob·struct || É™b strÊŒkt v. block; interfere; hinder, impede; thwart; prevent from seeing …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 33obstruct — v. a. 1. Close, bar, stop, choke, blockade, barricade, block up, dam up. 2. Hinder, impede, oppose, stop, prevent. 3. Retard, interrupt, check, clog, embarrass, arrest …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 34obstruct — verb (T) 1 to block a road, passage etc: A small aircraft now obstructed the runway. | an accident obstructing northbound traffic | Our view was obstructed by a high wall. 2 to try to prevent someone from doing something by making it difficult… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 35obstruct — v 1. block, barricade, plug up, dam up, clog, oppiliate; choke off, shut off, foreclose, ban, debar; stop, prohibit, forbid, preclude, prevent; arrest, check, halt, abort, bring to a standstill. 2. hinder, hamper, impede, interfere, interrupt,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 36obstruct — ob·struct …

    English syllables

  • 37obstruct — [əbˈstrʌkt] verb [T] 1) to block a path, passage, door etc so that it is difficult or impossible to get past 2) to take action in order to prevent something from happening …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 38obstruct — ob•struct [[t]əbˈstrʌkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to block or close up with an obstacle: Debris obstructed the road[/ex] 2) to hinder, interrupt, or delay the passage, progress, course, etc., of 3) to block from sight; be in the way of (a view, passage,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39obstruct — /əbˈstrʌkt / (say uhb strukt) verb (t) 1. to block or close up, or make difficult of passage, with obstacles, as a way, road, channel, or the like. 2. to interrupt, make difficult, or oppose the passage, progress, course, etc., of. 3. to come in… …

  • 40obstruct —   Ālai, ānai, ke a, ho oke a, ho okāpae, āke ake a, kualo; pōhāko i (rare) …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary