Block-up Definition

Block-up Sentence Examples

• Its inhabitants had frequent litigations and disputes with their neighbours at Reate in connexion with the regulation of the Velinus, the waters of which are so strongly impregnated with carbonate of lime that by their deposits they tend to block up their own channel.

• They, however, block up the river channel to the extent of their height, and consequently raise the flood-level above them.

• Wooden guides being of considerable size, block up a certain portion of the area of the pit, and thus offer an impediment to the ventilation, especially in upcast shafts, where the high temperature, when furnace ventilation is used, is also against their use.

• Used correctly, the pill does work to block up to 25 percent of your fat.