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:block: /v./  [from process scheduling terminology in OS theory]
   1. /vi./ To delay or sit idle while waiting for something.  "We're
   blocking until everyone gets here."  Compare {busy-wait}.
   2. `block on' /vt./ To block, waiting for (something).  "Lunch is
   blocked on Phil's arrival."