Dictionary Definition
obstruct
Verb
1 hinder or prevent the progress or
accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" [syn:
blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass]
2 block passage through; "obstruct the path"
[syn: obturate,
impede, occlude, jam, block, close up] [ant:
free]
3 shut out from view or get in the way so as to
hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the
stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains" [syn:
block]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
Translations
To block or fill (a passage)
- Finnish: tukkia
To impede, retard, or interfere with
- Finnish: estää
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
- Finnish: peittää
Extensive Definition
- Obstruction theory, in mathematics, a name for any of several theories
- Obstruction of justice, the crime of interfering with law enforcement
- Obstructing government administration
- Propagation path obstruction, in telecommunications
Medical
- Obstructive jaundice
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Airway obstruction, a respiratory problem
- Bowel obstruction, a blockage of the intestines
- Gastric outlet obstruction
- Distal intestinal obstruction syndrome
- Congenital lacrimal duct obstruction
Sports
- Obstruction (baseball), when a fielder illegally hinders a baserunner
- Obstructing the field
Other
obstruct in German: Obstruktion
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
arrest,
backpedal, backwater, bar, barricade, beat off, bind, block, block out, block up,
blockade, bolt, brake, bung, caulk, check, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, clip
the wings, clog, clog up,
close, close off, close
tight, close up, confine, congest, constipate, constrict, cork, counter, cover, crowd, curb, dam, dam up, debar, decelerate, delay, detain, dog, drag, draw rein, drive back, ease
off, ease up, fend, fend
off, fill, fill up,
forbid, foul, halt, hamper, hinder, hold at bay, hold back,
hold in check, hold off, hold up, impede, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep at bay, keep back, keep
off, lag, let down, let up,
lock, lose ground, lose
momentum, lose speed, make late, moderate, obstipate, occlude, pack, parry, plug, plug up, preclude, prevent, prohibit, push back, put back,
rebuff, reef, rein in, relax, repel, repulse, retard, set back, shroud, shut off, shut out, shut
tight, slack off, slack up, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, spile, squeeze, squeeze shut, stall, stanch, stave off, stay, stench, stifle, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, strangle, strangulate, stuff, stuff up, suffocate, take in sail,
throttle down, turn aside, ward off