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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.
2. Verb. Prevent from entering. "Block out the strong sunlight"
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Specialized synonyms: Shade
Derivative terms: Screen
3. Verb. Shield from light.
4. Verb. Indicate roughly. "We sketched out our plan"
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
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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