Definition of Block out

1. Verb. Plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general.

Generic synonyms: Lay Out

2. Verb. Prevent from entering. "Block out the strong sunlight"
Exact synonyms: Screen
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Specialized synonyms: Shade
Derivative terms: Screen

3. Verb. Shield from light.
Exact synonyms: Mask
Category relationships: Photography, Picture Taking
Generic synonyms: Cover

4. Verb. Indicate roughly. "We sketched out our plan"
Generic synonyms: Adumbrate, Outline, Sketch

Definition of Block out

1. Verb. (transitive) to prevent from entering or penetrating ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) to prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) to cover something, so as to make it impossible to see. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Block Out

block diagrams
block dump
block grant
block heater
block heaters
block hour
block hours
block letter
block letters
block level element
block level elements
block macromolecule
block of flats
block of metal
block off
block out (current term)
block parties
block party
block plane
block polymer
block polymers
block up
block vote
blockable
blockade
blockade-runner
blockade runner
blockade runners

Literary usage of Block out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Instructor: The Man and the Job : a Hand Book for Instructors of by Charles Ricketson Allen (1919)
"... instructor might "block out" the same trade on entirely different bases, or the same instructor might even block out his trade in more than one way. ..."

2. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1856)
"The mode of adjusting the block out of which the shingles are to be cut, as set forth in the above specification, by means of the adjusting slats qqqq ..."

3. Projects for Beginning Woodwork and Mechanical Drawing by Ira Samuel Griffith (1912)
"Locate and block out center line of the two views. 2. With the forty-five degree triangle block out the lines for the view of the top. 3. ..."

4. Plane Surveying: A Text-book and Pocket Manual by John Clayton Tracy (1907)
"Draw also a vertical line to serve as an axis of symmetry. (6) block out roughly the letters for the most prominent line. ..."

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