(n)the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack, Syn.military blockade, beleaguering, besieging

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Blockade

n. [ Cf. It. bloccata. See Block, v. t. ] 1. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with ships or vessels, while siege is used of an investment by land forces. To constitute a blockade, the investing power must be able to apply its force to every point of practicable access, so as to render it dangerous to attempt to enter; and there is no blockade of that port where its force can not be brought to bear. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An obstruction to passage. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (physiology) interference with transmission of a physiological signal, or a physiological reaction. [ PJC ]

To raise a blockade. See under Raise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blockade

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blockaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blockading. ] 1. To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n. “Blockaded the place by sea.” Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till storm and driving ice blockade him there. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from. [ 1913 Webster ]

Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

blockaded

adj. having access obstructed by emplacement of a barrier, or by threat of force.
Syn. -- barricaded, barred. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Blockader

n. 1. One who blockades. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A vessel employed in blockading. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blockage

n. The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lockage

n. 1. Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The entire lock will be about fifty feet. De Witt Clinton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

封锁

[封锁 / 封鎖, fēng suǒ, ㄈㄥㄙㄨㄛˇ]blockade; seal off#7948[Add to Longdo]

堵塞

[堵塞, dǔ sè, ㄉㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ]to block; to stop; blockage#9485[Add to Longdo]

涩

[涩 / 澁, sè, ㄙㄜˋ]variant of 澀|涩; astringent like persimmon; a rough surface; a blockage in water course#10674[Add to Longdo]

偷渡

[偷渡, tōu dù, ㄊㄡㄉㄨˋ]to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border; to run a blockade#21575[Add to Longdo]

倒流

[倒流, dào liú, ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ]reverse flow (e.g. sewage backs up into the house because of a blockage)#23772[Add to Longdo]

梗死

[梗死, gěng sǐ, ㄍㄥˇ ㄙˇ]blockage; obstruction; infarction#28294[Add to Longdo]

倒灌

[倒灌, dào guàn, ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ]backup; reverse flow; waterway backs up from downstream to upstream (because of blockage, tide, wind, earthquake etc)#56816[Add to Longdo]

冰坝

[冰坝 / 冰壩, bīng bà, ㄅㄧㄥㄅㄚˋ]freezing blockage; dam of ice on river#182388[Add to Longdo]

冰塞

[冰塞, bīng sāi, ㄅㄧㄥㄙㄞ]ice blockage; freezing of waterway[Add to Longdo]

衣物柜

[衣物柜 / 衣物櫃, yī wù guì, ㄧㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ]locker; lockable compartment[Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Blockade { f }; Sperre { f } | Blockaden { pl }

blockade | blockades[Add to Longdo]

Blockierung { f } | Blockierungen { pl }

blockage | blockages[Add to Longdo]

Lockartikel { m }; Appetitanreger { m }; etwas, was die Aufmerksamtkeit erregt

teaser[Add to Longdo]

abschließbar; schließbar { adj }

lockable[Add to Longdo]

arretierbar { adj }

lockable; arrestable[Add to Longdo]

blockieren

to block; to blockade[Add to Longdo]

Ileus; Darmverschluss { m } [ med. ]

ileus; intestinal blockage[Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

閉塞

[へいそく, heisoku](n, vs, adj-no) closure; blockage#10804[Add to Longdo]

封鎖

[ふうさ, fuusa](n, vs) (1) blockade; (2) freezing (funds); (P)#11866[Add to Longdo]

遮断

[しゃだん, shadan](n, vs) isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation; (P)#12371[Add to Longdo]

完封

[かんぷう, kanpuu](n, vs) complete blockade (seal); baseball shutout; (P)#14915[Add to Longdo]

海上封鎖

[かいじょうふうさ, kaijoufuusa](n) sea blockade[Add to Longdo]

詰まり(P);詰り

[つまり, tsumari](adv) (1) (uk) that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; (2) (uk) in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; (n) (3) (uk) clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage; (4) (uk) shrinkage; (5) (uk) (See とどのつまり) end; conclusion; (6) (uk) (arch) dead end; corner; (7) (uk) (arch) distress; being at the end of one's rope; (P)[Add to Longdo]

軍事封鎖

[ぐんじふうさ, gunjifuusa](n) military blockade[Add to Longdo]

経済封鎖

[けいざいふうさ, keizaifuusa](n) economic blockade; embargo; (P)[Add to Longdo]

血行障害

[けっこうしょうがい, kekkoushougai](n) disturbance (blockage) of blood flow[Add to Longdo]

交通遮断

[こうつうしゃだん, koutsuushadan](n) blockage; quarantine[Add to Longdo]

塞源

[そくげん, sokugen](n, vs) blockage of a source[Add to Longdo]

障害地点

[しょうがいちてん, shougaichiten](n) { comp } blocking point; point of blockage[Add to Longdo]