block

«block» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a solid piece of wood, plastic or stone, often a cube… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (block, blocks); verb (block, blocks, blocked, blocking)

meaning for a pupil

1) A block is a solid piece of wood, plastic or stone, often a cube, that children build with. tree →

2) A block is a group of buildings between streets, or a big building: «a block of flats». tree →

3) To block is to stop something from passing: «A tree blocked the road». tree →

4) In sport, a block stops the ball or a player. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In "stumbling-block" it means an obstacle that makes someone trip. Interpretation: Tradition reads the stumbling-block as any harmful advice or trap, not just a stone in the road. In the primary lessons: a toy counted, often used to build towers; blocks are used (taken away) or added; in maths, base-ten blocks show ones, tens and hundreds; phrases: «building blocks», «a block of», «around the block», «block the way»

examples

• Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. (Torah LEV.19.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• that this shall be no stumbling-block unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath found redress for himself. (Prophets 1SA.25.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• Randy has 78 blocks. tree →
• He used 19 blocks to build a tower. tree →
• Each tower has 6 blocks. tree →
• How many more blocks did he use for the house than for the tower? tree →
• We use blocks to show tens and ones. tree →
• Our school is two blocks from my house. tree →
• A fallen tree blocked the path. tree →
• Don't block the fire door. tree →
• Oh, you in front, what is blocking the way?” tree →

note

Countable: a block, blocks. A thing counted. «used to build» often takes away from what is left, or names a part. Trap: «blocks used for the tower» and «blocks left» are different numbers. Safety: never block a fire exit.

In the corpora

• If a bank card is lost, the bank should be told at once so it can block the card.
• Banks use AI to spot unusual spending and block possible fraud; sometimes a real payment is blocked by mistake.
• The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai is a woodblock print, so many copies were made from the carved blocks.
• Sea turtles eat jellyfish, and floating plastic bags look like jellyfish, so turtles sometimes swallow plastic, which can block their stomachs.
• When the war blocked ships from Ukraine in 2022, grain and bread prices rose in many countries.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «block» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.