UNBLOCK

unblock, unfreeze, free, release

(verb) make (assets) available; “release the holdings in the dictator’s bank account”

unblock

(verb) play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding

unblock

(verb) clear or remove an obstruction from; “the procedure unblocked his arteries”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

unblock (third-person singular simple present unblocks, present participle unblocking, simple past and past participle unblocked)

(transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.

Synonym: deobstruct

(transitive) To free or make available.

(intransitive, card games) In whist, to throw away a high card so as not to interrupt one's partner's long suit.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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