blocked

adjective

1. 1

   Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.

   This road is blocked, so we must find another route.

   Call a plumber to unclog the blocked drain.

2. 2

   Unable to move owing to an obstruction.

   The argument was over a blocked car in a driveway.

3. 3

   Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.

   Blocked users will be unable to access their accounts indefinitely.

   The phone will reject calls from blocked numbers.

4. 4

   Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions.

   All of this user's accounts are now blocked.

5. 5

   slangDrunk.

   McKenna was found to be heavily intoxicated, and after caution he swore and replied: "I'm blocked."

6. 6

   With black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.

   In practice, setters of most normal blocked grids in daily or Sunday newspapers in both Britain and the US do not have to concern themselves with grid construction.

   Listener endgames have included […] shading every instance of the letters N - Z in the completed grid to reveal a' normal' blocked crossword hidden in the one just solved

   American crosswords tend to be straightforward, while English ones delight their contestants by being cryptic and, unless 'quick' crosswords, are often set in a 15 × 15 blocked grid.

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of blocksimple past and past participle of block

Forms

comparative

more blocked

superlative

most blocked