Word Meanings - OBSTRUCTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed. 2. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance. A popular assembly free from obstruction. Swift. 3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their

Additional info about word: OBSTRUCTION

1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed. 2. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance. A popular assembly free from obstruction. Swift. 3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death. To die, and go we know not where, To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot. Shak. Syn. -- Obstacle; bar; barrier; impediment; clog; check; hindrance. -- Obstruction, Obstacle. The difference between these words is that indicated by their etymology; an obstacle is something standing in the way; an obstruction is something put in the way. Obstacle implies more fixedness and is the stronger word. We remove obstructions; we surmount obstacles. Disparity in age seems a greater obstacle to an intimate friendship than inequality of fortune. Collier. The king expected to meet with all the obstructions and difficulties his enraged enemies could lay in his way. Clarendon.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OBSTRUCTION)

• Burden
• Load
• weight
• Incubus
• obstruction
• oppression
• grief
• difficulty
• affliction
• Impediment
• Hindrance
• obstacle
• stumbling block
• Obstacle
• hindrance
• objection
• bar
• check
• Prevention
• Obstruction
• stoppage
• interruption
• hinderance
• Shackle
• Fetter
• gype
• chain
• embarrassment

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of OBSTRUCTION)

• Loose
• liberate
• instigate
• accelerate
• license
• indulge
• allow
• abet

Related words: (words related to OBSTRUCTION)

• CHECKWORK
  Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard.
• BLOCKISH
  Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull. "Blockish Ajax." Shak. -- Block"ish*ly, adv. -- Block"ish*ness, n.
• BLOCKING
  1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks. 2. Blocks used to support temporarily.
• STOPPAGE
  The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
• ALLOWEDLY
  By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.
• BLOCK TIN
  See TIN
• ALLOW
  allocare to admit as proved, to place, use; confused with OF. aloer, fr. L. allaudare to extol; ad + laudare to praise. See Local, and cf. 1. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. Luke xi. 48. We commend
• CHECKREIN
  1. A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein. 2. A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.
• BURDENER
  One who loads; a oppressor.
• CHAINWORK
  Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
• ALLOWER
  1. An approver or abettor. 2. One who allows or permits.
• BLOCK SIGNAL
  One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so coupled with a switch that act of opening or closing the switch operates the signal also.
• CHAIN PUMP
  A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the
• INTERRUPTION
  1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to
• INDULGEMENT
  Indulgence. Wood.
• WEIGHTINESS
  The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.
• WEIGHTILY
  In a weighty manner.
• AFFLICTION
  1. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief. To repay that money will be a biting affliction. Shak. 2. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or
• FETTERLESS
  Free from fetters. Marston.
• OPPRESSION
  1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. 2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. "The multitude of oppressions." Job xxxv. 9. 3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind;
• TOP-CHAIN
  A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.
• CAUTIONARY BLOCK
  A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like.
• SHEET CHAIN
  A chain sheet cable.
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• HALLOW
  To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed
• THRYFALLOW
  To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• SALLOWISH
  Somewhat sallow. Dickens.
• HOGCHAIN
  A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
• WALLOWER
  A lantern wheel; a trundle. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, wallows.
• TAILBLOCK
  A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.
• MALLOWWORT
  Any plant of the order Malvaceæ.
• SWALLOWFISH
  The European sapphirine gurnard . It has large pectoral fins.
• WELTERWEIGHT
  1. A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. 2. A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that
• TALLOW-FACED
  Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.