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makda[막따]Intermediate · TOPIK II

block; close; fend off

Verb

  1. 1

    block; close; fend off

    To make a road, passage, hole, etc., not passable.

    Korean definition: 길, 통로, 구멍 등을 통하지 못하게 하다.

    • The police had blocked every alley the criminal could escape through.

    • Fierce-looking thugs stood blocking my way and wouldn't step aside.

  2. 2

    fence; enclose

    To block the front of something or encircle it, so that nobody can see its inner area.

    Korean definition: 앞이 트이지 않게 가리거나 둘러싸다.

    • The sunlight was so dazzling that I covered the window with a curtain.

    • He temporarily blocked the wide-open doorway with a large board.

  3. 3

    close; shut

    To keep something from coming inside.

    Korean definition: 무엇을 안으로 들어오지 못하게 하다.

    • She used the parasol she had brought, so she could keep off the blazing midday sun.

    • Lost in the mountains, we found a small cave and barely managed to keep out the cold.

  4. 4

    stop; hinder

    To stop a certain work or behavior in progress.

    Korean definition: 하는 일이나 행동을 중도에서 하지 못하게 하다.

    • They stopped us from going into the building.

    • The powerless children were not strong enough to stop the adults' fight.