reblock en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + block.
Meanings
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(transitive) To block, prevent, or hamper again.
It is not just bad news about Dubai that gets blocked from the Internet; […] a whole range of other social networking sites have been blocked, unblocked and reblocked.
2010, Syed Ali, Dubai: gilded cage, page 58:
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(transitive) To remould (a hat) into its original shape.
Reputable dry cleaners can clean and reblock a hat.
1951, Bernice Gertrude Chambers, Color and design: fashion in men's and women's clothing and home furnishings:
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(transitive) To block, or specify the position of, (actors on the stage) again.
In less than five hours the actors will perform the ballroom scene, rewritten and reblocked.
2013, Susan Letzler Cole, Playwrights in Rehearsal: The Seduction of Company, page 81:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reblocked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reblocked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| reblocking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reblocks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |