1. To prevent from entering; keep out; SYN. debar, exclude.
2. To secure with, or as if with, bars.

1. To block off with barricades; SYN. barricado.
2. To prevent access to by barricading.
3. To render unsuitable for passage; SYN. block, blockade, block off, block up, bar.

1. To interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia.
2. To run on a block system.
3. To shape by using a block:.
4. To shape into a block or blocks.
5. To shut out from view.
6. To stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block.
7. To support, secure, or raise with a block.

1. To impose a blockade on; SYN. seal off.
2. To obstruct access to; SYN. block off.

To shut, usually permanently.